By Stephen Apolima
Kasoa, Central Region, Ghana – Between 6:00 PM and 7:00 PM, the “sanctity of the home” in Adam Nana Ward was treated as a mere suggestion. Kwabena Osei Wusu—known locally as “King Eric”—was confronted not by the civil face of law enforcement but by a “Rambo-style” operation that felt more like a kidnapping than a professional arrest.
According to Wusu, Detective Silvanus Abade and his team refused to disclose the charges, seized his phone when he tried to call for help, and denied him the basic courtesy of locking his door before forcibly bundling him into a waiting vehicle. This was not just an arrest; it was a performance of power designed to intimidate.
The Kasoa Police: “Orders from Above” Over the Constitution
The most troubling aspect of this episode is the apparent self-sabotage of the Kasoa District Police Service. Executing a high-intensity raid over what reportedly amounts to mere “WhatsApp banter” has transformed the local police into instruments of political debt-collection rather than guardians of the law.
When Detective Abade allegedly told Wusu, “If we get to the station, you will know what you have done,” he was not merely bending protocol—he was violating Article 14(2) of the 1992 Constitution, which requires that anyone arrested be informed immediately of the reasons for their detention. The Kasoa Police appear to have substituted the Criminal Code with a “concierge service” for political elites. By acting as enforcers in a domestic-political dispute, they have reduced the Ghana Police Service’s prestige to that of a private security firm.
The DISEC Distortion: Security or Suppression?
This incident is part of a troubling pattern: it marks the fifth time NDC members in the constituency have been targeted by their own party leadership. The actors involved create an obvious conflict of interest:
- The MP (Hon. Naa Koryoo): Allegedly the complainant behind the arrest.
- The MCE (Head of DISEC): Responsible for district security yet overseeing an environment where security apparatuses settle internal party scores.
- The Husband (Yusif Yunusah): Alleged to be the source of the “order from above.”
There is something deeply pathological about a political family that leverages the state’s coercive power to resolve a digital argument between grown men. If the MP and her husband cannot handle a WhatsApp spat without calling for a police raid, they reveal a fragility unfit for public office. It is a gross perversion of the MCE’s mandate to allow District Security Council resources to be used for what was eventually dismissed by the Commander as a “party issue.”
A Party at War with Its Own Base
When the Crime Officer showed Wusu WhatsApp messages involving a banter with “Yusif’s boys,” the absurdity of state involvement reached its peak. The police reportedly spent a week surveilling a man’s house over an insult about “living off the sweat of delegates.”
The message from the leadership in Awutu Senya East—the MP, the MCE, and the Regional Chairman—is unmistakable: dissent will be met with handcuffs. Their most loyal foot soldiers are now learning a bitter lesson: the power they helped secure is being weaponized against them.
Justice should be blind, but in Awutu Senya East, it appears the Kasoa Police have their eyes wide open—looking only for instructions from the MP’s living room.
The black man has often failed to manage his own affairs. It is no longer a surprise. Infact, it will be a surprise for the black man to successfully manage their own affairs without blemishes