Akwatia By-Election: NPP Sounds Alert on Impostors Posing as Police Officers

The National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Salam Mustapha, has warned of possible infiltration in Tuesday’s Akwatia by-election, alleging that unidentified individuals may attempt to impersonate police officers.

Speaking on the Channel One Newsroom on Sunday, August 31, he said the party had received intelligence that some persons, allegedly from the Greater Accra and Ashanti regions, plan to wear police uniforms and engage in unlawful activities on election day.

“Security goes beyond just men in uniform and all that. I have had cause to put out today some of the things we are picking up that we think the police should be on top of their brief — that some hoodlums from Greater Accra, Ashanti Region are preparing to adorn police uniforms and embark on nefarious operations. That has come to our attention. We are putting that to the police,” he said.

He further urged the Ghana Police Service to ensure that officers deployed for the polls wear identifiable name tags and avoid covering their faces.

“In our meeting with the police, we did indicate to them that we want to see the normal police operating standards where police uniforms have the name tags of the officers, and they should not be masked. So on Tuesday, any masked officer we see, we will count the person as not professional or a proper police person,” he added.

Mustapha stressed that the police must act swiftly to prevent infiltration and guarantee a peaceful and credible electoral process.

The Akwatia by-election is scheduled for Tuesday, September 2, 2025.