The Ghana Police Service has said that numerous footages from December 31, 2021, are being examined to find out potential breaches of the mandate against fear-actuating prophesies at crossover administrations.
In a press discharge dated January 6, the Police Service expressed that anybody found punishable within the videos subjected to the investigation, will be put to face the law court for prosecution.
“The Police wish to praise all devout bunches in particular and the entire public , for their bolster and understanding of our proactive policing activity on the communication of predictions and related things prior to the 31st December celebrations,†portion of the articulation peruses.
The Police included that “taking after this activity, different video footages have come to our consideration with respect to the communication of predictions on the night of 31st December, 2021. Police have begun dissecting these videos to discover whether any of them is in breach of the laws of the nation and anybody found punishable will be put some time recently the court of law.â€
Police to arraign flouters of mandate against fear-actuating prophesies
On December 27, 2021, the Police in a articulation cautioned devout bunches and pioneers to be measured in their prophetic articulations ahead of the December 31 observe night administrations.
They encouraged devout pioneers to guarantee their predictions do not harm the correct of others and the open intrigued.
“We, subsequently, wish to caution all Ghanaians, particularly devout bunches and pioneers, to be measured in their articulations, particularly how they communicate predictions, which may harm the correct of others and the open intrigued,†a explanation dated December 27 said.
President of Ghana Charismatic and Pentecostal Chamber (GPCC), Reverend Prof. Paul Frimpong Manso, welcomed the order caution ministers and devout pioneers against predictions.
In the mean time, the Police say the law on distribution of information counting Predictions that have the inclination to cause fear and freeze or put individuals’s lives in peril, isn't constrained to 31st December evenings as it were and hence ought to be followed to on a day by day premise.
“We wish to repeat that the law and the Police are not against devout hones or the execution of devout tenets and convictions such as predictions. Be that as it may, on the off chance that such information is communicated freely and weaken the laws of the state, the pertinent laws and sanctions will be connected,†they included.