The Ghana Police Service has arrested Patrick Asiedu, the man behind the viral audio which was shared on social media a few days ago alleging some police officers had planted narcotics in his car. Asiedu’s arrest came as a result of the Ghana Police Service had investigated the alleged unprofessional conduct of some officers.
According to the Ghana Police Service statement. Asiedu’s arrest was carried out on January 18, 2023, after their investigations proved that the allegations in the said audio were mere fabrications.
According to the police statement, their investigations established that Patrick was a Uber driver and not a medical doctor as he claimed in the viral audio.
“The police, today, 18th January 2023 have arrested a man suspected to be the person in the audio tape describing an alleged elaborate incident of criminal behavior on the part of the police.
“In the audio tape that has been widely circulated, the man who introduced himself as Dr. Patrick Asiedu claimed that he had been stopped by some police officers who planted substances suspected to be narcotics in his car and attempted to extort money from him”.
“The police investigation so far has established that the man who has been arrested and is in police custody, is indeed called Patrick Aseidu, he is an Uber driver and not a doctor,” the police statement read.
The Ghana Police Service revealed that Patrick confessed ”he had once witnessed a similar incident happen to one of his passengers” and that was the motivation for the audio.
The police statement added that the supposed military intervention and the alleged fight between the police officers and the military described in the said audio were false.
Read the full statement
