Okatakyie Afrifa Receiving Medical Care Under Police Guard After Arrest 

Broadcaster Kwame Afrifa Mensah popularly known as Okatakyie Afrifa is currently receiving medical care under police guard at the Mampong Government Hospital.

This follows his arrest in connection with a disturbance during the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Efigya Sekyere East Constituency Executive Elections in Wiamoase.

The Ashanti North Regional Police Command in a statement said Afrifa Mensah and another suspect, Osman Awuni, 44, complained of ill health later on Saturday and were conveyed to the Mampong Government Hospital, where they were admitted for treatment.

Both remain under police guard, it noted.

Arrest
The Command said that Afrifa Mensah, 43, was picked up on Saturday, July 12, 2026, at about 7:45 a.m. together with six others after allegedly leading a group of about 30 macho men to the SDA Church polling station.

According to the Police, the group became aggressive when security personnel engaged them, attacked the officers and disrupted the electoral process by throwing electoral materials to the ground.

Preliminary investigations indicate that Afrifa Mensah claimed some of his supporters had been sidelined in the electoral process and that he had obtained an interlocutory injunction to halt the elections.

The Police however, stated that neither the Electoral Commission nor the Police received any court order directing the suspension of the elections.

Following the intervention of the police, calm was restored, and voting resumed under adequate security.

The election ended peacefully at about 4:00 p.m., after which the Electoral Commission duly declared the results.

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