NPP GERMANY
PRESS RELEASE
20—12—2025
Interdiction Without Explanation: Has The Ghana Police Now Become Judges Of Thought?? NPP GERMANY Demands Answers
The recent interdiction of five police officers by the Ghana Police Service is not just troubling; it is deeply alarming.
It reeks of selective justice, institutional cowardice, and a dangerous intolerance for expression that threatens the very democratic fabric Ghana claims to uphold.
Beyond the name of Police Sergeant No. 45545, G/Sgt. Samuel Agbemanyale—whose alleged “crime” was filming and posting a video of President John Mahama’s private jet at the Ho Airport—the Ghana Police Service has failed spectacularly to explain what exactly the other four officers did to deserve such a drastic disciplinary action.
When a security institution wields power without clarity, explanation, or proportionality, it stops being professional and starts resembling an authoritarian enforcer.
Interdiction is not a slap on the wrist; it is a serious career-altering action, and it demands serious justification.
Are we now being told that it is a crime for police officers to smile, dance, post, joke, or simply exist on social media while wearing a uniform? Or is the real issue that one of them exposed something politically inconvenient?
Let us be clear: Ghana is not a barracks state. We are a constitutional democracy where freedom of expression is guaranteed—even to those in uniform—subject to clear, reasonable, and well-communicated rules. None of those rules have been convincingly cited in this case.
The police press statement speaks vaguely of “unauthorised use of uniform on social media,” a convenient phrase so elastic it can be stretched to punish anyone the system finds uncomfortable. Vagueness is the weapon of institutions afraid of scrutiny.
During the Akufo-Addo administration, the President’s jet was photographed, tracked, posted, analysed, and debated endlessly. Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa made a political career out of exposing presidential travel excesses, and the skies did not fall.
Akufo-Addo’s jet was “here and there,” splashed across social media, news portals, and parliamentary debates. No police officer was interdicted. No citizen was threatened. No uniform became suddenly “unauthorised.”
Today, however, posting President Mahama’s private jet has magically transformed into misconduct. Same republic, same constitution—but suddenly, different rules. That is not professionalism; that is hypocrisy dressed in khaki.
The Ghana Police Service cannot pretend neutrality while acting as a political shock absorber for those in power. When institutions bend their rules depending on who occupies Jubilee House, they lose moral authority.
What exactly were the crimes of G/Cpl. Isaac Mpere, G/Cpl. Samuel Agbo, G/Cpl. Charles Oduro, and PW/Const. Elizabeth Dicka Korkor? The public deserves answers—not boilerplate statements and bureaucratic fog.
If they committed specific infractions, name them. If there were clear violations of standing orders, cite them. If there were security breaches, explain them. Silence only fuels suspicion that these interdictions are punitive, not corrective.
Interdiction should be a last resort, not a public relations reflex. It exists to protect investigations, not to intimidate officers or send chilling messages to others who might dare to speak or post.
Even more disturbing is the precedent this sets: that state institutions can punish perceived disloyalty first and look for justification later. That is how fear replaces professionalism.
The Ghana Police Service must remember that it serves the Republic, not the ruling class of the day. Its loyalty is to the Constitution, not the comfort of presidents or their entourages.
If the PPSB is truly about professional standards, then professionalism begins with transparency. Anything less turns internal discipline into institutional bullying.
Social media is not a crime scene. It is a modern public square. Trying to police it with outdated instincts only exposes the insecurity of leadership, not the misconduct of officers.
This interdiction saga is not about uniforms; it is about power. It is about who is allowed to look, record, speak, and remember—and who must stay silent.
Ghana has walked too far in its democratic journey to tolerate such selective enforcement and quiet intimidation. Institutions must be strong enough to withstand criticism, not fragile enough to punish it.
Until the Ghana Police Service fully explains the alleged misconduct of all five officers, this interdiction will stand not as an act of discipline, but as a stain—an embarrassing reminder that in Ghana today, truth can still be punished when it becomes inconvenient.
God Bless Our Homeland Ghana!!!
Long Live Ghana, long live the Elephant Party!!!!
Kukruduuuu Eeeessshiii!!!
Signed:
Nana Osei Boateng
NPP GERMANY
Communications Director
