Watch injured Afrifa-Mensah in handcuffs as he is transferred to Mampong Divisional Police

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, Nana Nkansah Buadu, Chief of Agric Nzema and biological father of the sitting Member of Parliament Mavis Nkansah Buadu, together with a few selected constituency officials, and 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.