By: Kekeli K. Blamey
An Accra Circuit court, presided over by Evelyn Asamoah, has sentenced Mohammed Ibrahim, a Sowutuom Branch Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), to four years in prison. Ibrahim was found guilty of threatening to kill citizens during the December 7 general election.
Ibrahim’s troubles began when a video surfaced on social media platforms, including Facebook, X, and TikTok, showing him wearing a red military beret.
In the video, he claimed that the Ghana Police Service in the Ashanti Region was recruiting fake police personnel to kill citizens during the elections.
The court heard that Ibrahim also threatened to unleash violence during the elections and claimed that he and his cohorts knew the residential address of the Minister of the Interior, Henry Quartey.
Ibrahim was charged with publication of false news with intent to cause fear and alarm, threat of harm, and offensive conduct to breach the peace.
Despite pleading not guilty, the court found Ibrahim guilty and sentenced him to three years imprisonment for publication of false news with intent to cause harm, four years for threat of harm, and three years for offensive conduct.
The sentences will run concurrently.
