Ghana Police Service has arrested a 32-year-old man, for posing as a police officer during a public event at the Black Star Square in Accra<\/p>\n
According to a post on the Facebook page of the Ghana Police Service, the suspect identified as Akoto Nelson was arrested on Sunday, 19th October 2025, by a team of officers from National Operations Directorate (NOD) Surveillance Unit deployed to provide security at a musical concert.<\/p>\n
The Police observed that the suspect dressed in a police uniform with the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) was behaving suspiciously and when interrogated, he admitted that he was not a police officer.<\/p>\n
Upon investigations, it was revealed that the suspect had impersonated a police officer to gain free entry to the event, claiming he did not have money to pay the entry fee<\/p>\n
A search conducted at Nelson\u2019s residence in Taifa-Ashaiman led to the retrieval of several items which were retained as exhibits.<\/p>\n
The items include a toy P99 pistol, a can of pepper spray, two ZTE mini handsets, a pepper spray pouch, a ZTE charger, a Xinfa cutter knife, some complimentary cards, a voter ID bearing the name Akoto Nelson Elikem, and a birth certificate bearing the name Nelson Akoto.<\/p>\n
Preliminary investigations also established that the suspect works as a security guard and a messenger at a private company.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe remains in police custody and will be put before the court\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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