The National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Salam Mustapha, has accused the Ghana Police Service of misleading the public about the alleged arrest of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) National Vice Chairman, Alhaji Sofo Azorka.
The police had earlier announced in a statement on Friday, September 12, that Chairman Azorka was arrested in Tamale in connection with an alleged assault on Alhaji Masawudu Osman, the NPP’s Third National Vice Chairman, during the Akwatia by-election on September 2, 2025.
According to the statement, Azorka had been directed to report to the Eastern South Regional Police Command in Kyebi on Tuesday, September 16, where he was expected to be arraigned.
However, speaking on Eyewitness News on Monday, September 22, after the NPP’s “Yɛn Suro Ahunahuna” demonstration in Accra, Mr. Mustapha insisted that the police account was false. He said the party had requested a full briefing on Azorka’s status, including charges, bail conditions, and court proceedings.
“Days before that statement came out, I saw Chairman Azorka in Tamale. The NDC had a parliamentary caucus to select a parliamentary candidate to replace the late Hon Murtala in Tamale Central, and Chairman Azorka was there, and immediately the police released that particular press release or whatever it was.
“Hours after that, Chairman Azorka posted a video of himself sitting with the boys in his base in Tamale, which I know very well, laughing and essentially they were laughing at the police, saying look at these people, I am here and you are telling me you have arrested me, can you arrest me Chairman Azorka, that is the message behind. Let’s put this charade aside,” Mustapha said.
He further urged the police to demonstrate impartiality in their work.
“There should be fair and equitable disposition in carrying out duties of the state, and I think that fairness and equity will create the kind of society that we aim, but immediately you create an imbalance, then you are creating a problem,” he added.
