Police assault: Owusu Bempah, 3 others expected to appear in court today
The Head Pastor of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International, Rev Isaac Owusu Bempah and three others are expected to appear before court today, Monday, 13 September 2021 after they were arrested on Sunday, 12 September for assaulting Police personnel and making threats in a viral video.
The three are Michael Boateng, Frederick Ohene and Nathaniel Agyekum. Two other suspects are on the run and the Police are pursuing them.
The suspects were detained for further investigations over the creation and circulation of multiple videos containing threats, the brandishing of a weapon and the assault of some police personnel.
The Police said after critically analyzing the said videos based on intelligence gathered, they embarked on an operation on Sunday, 12 September 2021 at the premises of the church to arrest the suspects but some members of the church believed to have been under the direction of Rev Bempah assaulted some Police officers.
The injured Police personnel have received treatment and are responding to treatment the Police said.
The Police have assured that impartial investigations will continue.
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