An officer of the (GPS) has been held for criminal charges of assault by law enforcement authorities.
He is facing criminal assault charges after being captured in a viral video physically assaulting a media personnel at one of the polling stations in the Ablekuma North constituency during its parliamentary election rerun.
He was interdicted and referred to the Police Professional Standards Bureau (PPSB) for further investigation following widespread condemnation of the incident on Friday, July 11, 2025, and was immediately withdrawn from election duty at the polling station.
This was contained in a police statement signed by Superintendent Juliana Obeng, Head of Public Affairs for the Greater Accra Region. "In line with due process, the police officer captured in one of the videos, assaulting a journalist who was interdicted, has been held for criminal charges of assault," portions of the statement issued on July 17, 2025, said.
