Police in the Ashanti region has detained the Suame Constituency youth organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for inflaming electoral violence.
Razak Koampa Avoliya, who has been charged with offensive conduct, was detained at the Suntreso District police command after turning himself in at the regional police headquarters.
He was accompanied to the police station by the National Organiser of the NDC, Mr Joseph Yamin; Deputy General Secretary Mustapha Bandi as well as some regional executives of the party.
Scores of supporters of the party in the Suame constituency as well as other constituencies in the region also stormed the police station to sympathise with him amidst war chants.
Speaking to the media, the lawyer for the NDC youth organiser, Mr Evans Amankwa, told the media that his client has been charged after his statement was taken.
Mr Amankwa said Koampa, popularly called ‘Mosquito’, was supposed to be taken to court but due to the time factor, he will rather be arraigned tomorrow.
Mr Amankwa wants the police to take steps to arrest members of the NPP who have made similar statements as his client to avoid selective justice.
His client, he said, meant what he said and is not in any way perturbed about it but has no intention of destabilising the peace of the nation as the statement has been misinterpreted.
The suspect, in a viral video, was captured calling on supporters of the NDC to attack and even kill supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the run-up to the 2024 general elections.
