Save Judiciary Protest Assaults: CID Completes Probe, Seeks AG’s Guidance on Next Steps
The Criminal Investigation Department of the Police Service is seeking the advice of the Attorney-General following an investigation into multiple allegations of physical assault during a protest in May 2025.
The first assault claim by a police officer identified as No. 48632 G/Cpl. Forson Abel, stationed at Tesano District, was captured in a video that occurred when the Police Officers attempted to enforce a restricted boundary with a metal barricade.
“The video captured Hon Alexander Afenyo-Markin, Minority Leader of Parliament, among other demonstrators, striking a police officer identified as one of the duty officers.”
He reported a case of assault against the lawmaker at the Tesano Police Station before visiting the CID Headquarters with an extract of the Occurrence and an endorsed Police Medical form after attending the Hospital for treatment.
He presented Supt/Mr. Isane Ocansey, ASP/Mr. Sulemana-Jallo Abdulalai of Greater Accra Regional Police Headquarters and ASP/Mr. Nicholas Mensah of Achimota District as witnesses who corroborated allegations that the MP “struck G/Cpl. Forson Abel in the face without any provocation.”
The second complaint of assault was filed by the MP against G/Cpl. Abel Forson.
A team of investigators comprising personnel from the Special Investigation Unit, Crime Scene Management, Cybercrime Unit and the CID visited the crime scene for crime scene reconstruction, a part of the letter read.
“Police identified two (2) CCTV Cameras in front of the Accra International Conference Centre, which are believed to have captured the incident. A letter was sent to the National Security Secretariat to furnish the police with video footage from the said cameras.
“The footage received from the National Security through the National Signals Bureau was analysed by the Cyber Crime Unit, but it did not capture the assault incident. Based on the analysis of the video obtained from the Police Public Affairs Department on 9th May, 2025, Hon. Alexander Afenyo-Markin was cautioned in the presence of an independent witness and released on self-recognisance bail. A police medical form was also issued to him to attend the Hospital and report.
“Witness statements were also taken from Hon Sammy Awuku and Richard Ahiagbah, who were seen in the video close to Hon. Alexander Afenyo-Markin. Hon Alexander Afenyo-Markin, however, failed to return the Police Medical Report Form despite several calls to him to do so.”
Story by Hajara Fuseini
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