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Police arrest suspect in viral video threatening High Court judge
The Ghana Police Service has arrested a suspect in connection with a viral video in which he threatened a Justice of the High Court, Justice Patricia Quansah.
According to the police, the video contained threats, abusive language, and allegations accusing the judge of criminal conduct.
They added that the content raised serious concern about the safety of the judge and the reputation of the Judiciary.
After gathering intelligence over a period of time, officers from the Cyber Vetting and Enforcement Team arrested the suspect, John Kwabena Owusu Ansah, aged 49.
He was picked up on Thursday, March 27, 2026, at his hideout at Antoakrom in the Ashanti Region.
The suspect is currently in Police custody assisting investigations and will be put before court.
President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, signed five bills including three amendment bills passed by Parliament into law.
They are: Security and Intelligence Agencies Bill, 2025; University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences Bill, 2025; Ghana Deposit Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2025; Growth and Sustainability Levy (Amendment) Bill, 2026; and Education Regulatory Bodies (Amendment) Bill, 2026.
In a brief remark after assenting to the bills, President Mahama explained that the Security and Intelligence Agencies Act, 2026, scraps the Office of Minister of National Security and frees the President’s to appoint any Minister to supervise the security agencies.
He said it also reverses the name of the office of National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), to the original name, Bureau of National Intelligence, (BNI).
This the President said, addresses the confusion between that security agency and a well-known Ghanaian financial institution, the National Investment Bank.
President Mahama also noted that the University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences Act, 2026, establishes another University in the Eastern Region, at Bonsu, with three campuses – the main campus at Bonsu in the Eastern Region, with the second campus to be cited at Ohawu in the Oti Region.
The third, the Presdient assed will be located at Acherensua in the Ahafo Region.
Touching on the Amendment to the Growth and Sustainability Levy Act, the President said, “As you’re aware, the act was amended to increase it from 1% to 3%, and so this act reduces it again. That is the levy on mining companies. It reduces it again to 1%, because of the introduction of the sliding scale of royalties.”
He also spoke to the passage of the Government Education Regulatory Bodies Amendment Act, emphasising that amends Act 1023 to grant greater flexibility to private tertiary institutions and the option to Charter.
The Ghana Deposit Protection Amendment Act, the President concluded, is an amendment to an original act that was supposed to guarantee deposits held in commercial banks or financial institutions.
It basically expands protection to include mobile money wallets and other digital platforms, ensuring a wider scope of digital financial assets are secured.
The signing ceremony, was witnessed by the Clerk of Parliament, Mr. Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, Secretary to the President, Dr Callistus Mahama, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Dr Dominic Akrutinga Ayine, Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, Joyce Bawa Mogtari, a Senior Presidential Advisor and a Special Aide to the President, Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, and the Vice President, Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang.
The Ministry of the Interior Ghana has announced that Friday, April 3, and Monday, April 6, 2026, will be observed as statutory public holidays across the country.
In a statement issued on March 30, 2026, the Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, explained that the dates mark Good Friday and Easter Monday respectively.
He stated that both days should be observed as public holidays nationwide.
The ministry urged the public to take note of the announcement and observe the holidays accordingly.
By: Jacob Aggrey
