'Chief, MP allegedly printed their own ballot papers for NPP election' - Inside details of Okatakyie’s arrest

According to an official statement issued by the communications team of Afrifa Mensah on its official socials 'For the Records' on July 12, 2026, the alleged action was carried out despite directives from the NPP National Steering Committee and an interim injunction issued by the High Court, Kumasi, restraining the party from proceeding with aspects of the electoral process in the Afigya Sekyere East Constituency.

The campaign team said the NPP National Steering Committee, through its Acting National Chairman, had on July 6, 2026, directed the immediate suspension of the Afigya Sekyere East Constituency Executive Committee elections pending the determination of an ongoing court matter.“Despite these clear directives from both the High Court and the National Steering Committee of the Party, selected constituency officials, with the assistance of heavily armed police and constituency Electoral Commission printed their own ballot papers, manufactured constituency delegates album and proceeded with arrangements to conduct the suspended constituency elections on Sunday morning,” part of the statement said.