The Ghana Police Service has apprehended an individual, as seen in a viral video, making threats to disrupt and prevent people from voting in the forthcoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer elections in the Assin Central Constituency.

The arrested individual, identified as Ibrahim Iddrissu Shummah, is currently in custody and is cooperating with the ongoing investigation.

This development was communicated in a statement released by the police on Thursday, October 26, 2023.

In the meantime, the NPP and the GPS have reached an agreement regarding the election procedures for the upcoming NPP presidential elections scheduled for November 4, 2023.

The NPP has consented to the Ghana Police Service assuming full responsibility for maintaining security during the elections.

In a meeting involving both parties, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, the Chairman of the Presidential Election Committee for NPP, urged the police to take appropriate action against individuals involved in any misconduct during the elections.

“We are authorizing you to take absolute control of all the processes that you regulate during normal elections in this republic. We have made several guidelines which are a matter of common consent and we have worked out the dynamics in such a way that we are working together we are saying this to assure you that the regulations that the candidates have all signed are going to be the blueprint of the process, and anyone who disregards this should be dealt with and we want to establish that this country is a lawful nation.”

In the meantime, the Inspector General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, has called for collaboration to ensure the effective fulfillment of their responsibilities.