The National Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye, has given details surrounding the arrest of the Agona West Constituency Organiser, David Essandoh, popularly known as Sam Toys.
Speaking on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem, Nana Boakye said he first heard about the matter about two weeks ago when he was informed that the organiser had received a message from the CID to report to their office in Accra.
“Like two weeks ago, I heard that our organiser had received a message from the CID to report to Accra,” he said.
He explained that at the time, he asked lawyer Enoch Afoakwa to look into the matter.
According to him, when the lawyer later contacted Mr Essandoh, the organiser explained that he was being accused of publishing false information on social media involving a billboard.
“He told the lawyer it was about false publication. They claimed he posted something on Facebook about a billboard with President Mahama and the words ‘dumsor is back’,” Nana B recounted.
However, the CID insisted the image in question was different.
“The CID told me the original billboard was actually a picture of President Mahama taken on 6th March, which was displayed in town. So the one he shared was not the same billboard they were referring to,” he added.
Nana Boakye said he was surprised that such a matter could lead to an arrest.
“I was shocked because this is not a serious case that warrants the arrest of our Agona West organiser,” he said.
He further noted that when they contacted the CID, officers reportedly confirmed that the issue was related to the billboard image.
“When we asked the CID if that was the only issue, they said yes,” he stated.
According to him, communication from the CID later became unclear.
“After that, we didn’t hear from them again,” he said.
Nana Boakye also described how the arrest eventually took place.
“Just yesterday, Monday, I was in a meeting when I started receiving calls from the Central Region. When I stepped out, I was told that around 6pm, the organiser was sitting with some executives when a Land Cruiser drove past, returned with two vehicles, and about 10 men got down,” he said.
“They asked him to get up, took his phone, and forced him into the vehicle before driving off,” he added.
Meanwhile, the NPP in Agona West is demanding the immediate release of their constituency organiser, following his reported arrest by a joint team of police and National Security operatives.
The party claims Mr Essandoh was picked up after allegedly criticising President John Dramani Mahama over the return of intermittent power outages, commonly known as “dumsor.”
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