Renowned broadcaster Okatakyie Afrifa Mensah has been released following his arrest by the National Security.
Reports went viral on social media on the evening of Wednesday, March 19, 2025, that the former Angel FM morning show host had been arrested.
Details of the arrest were sketchy but a video, which circulated on social media, suggested that Okatakyie was picked up near the Kingsby Hotel at Achimota.
The news of Okatakyie’s arrest received massive condemnation from the leadership of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).
The party’s General Secretary Justin Frimpong Kodua led the charge with a post describing the arrest as an attack on Ghana’s democracy.
Kodua Frimpong was joined in the condemnation by the NPP’s Nation Organiser Henry Nana Boakye, popularly known as Nana B, who likened Okatakyie’s arrest to a culture of silence.
Hours after his post condemning the arrest, Nana B announced that Okatakyie Afrifa had been released from the custody of National Security.
He shared photos of himself with Okatakyie and other leading members of the NPP at the premises of National Security.
In his caption, he stated that the arrest, effected after Okatakyie had written an exam, was needless.
“We have just left the premises of National Security, and it is very disappointing to say that the arrest of Okatakyie Afrifa by National Security operatives after his exams this evening was completely unnecessary and unwarranted.
“Thanks to the efforts of several individuals who intervened, he has been released. Free speech cannot be suppressed under the guise of an investigation. If that is the case, then National Security should be prepared to arrest all of us.”
See Nana B’s announcement below:
