Police swoop nets 100 after mob assault on patient at Akoti Health Centre
The Central North Regional Police Command has arrested 100 residents of Assin Wurakese in the Assin Fosu Municipality in a dawn operation linked to the recent violent attack on a patient at the Akoti Health Centre.
The swoop, carried out on Friday, involved the deployment of about 85 security personnel and followed weeks of intelligence-led investigations into the incident, which was widely circulated on social media.
A viral video showed a group of young men storming the health facility and attacking Yaw Buabeng, who had gone there to seek treatment for machete wounds.
Briefing the media, the Central North Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police Abraham Acquaye, said the mass arrests were based on intelligence indicating that the assault was a coordinated mob action involving several individuals within the community.
He said all the suspects would be screened, after which those found culpable would be arraigned before court.
According to DCOP Acquaye, preliminary investigations showed varying levels of involvement among those arrested. He said while some directly participated in the attack, others aided and abetted the perpetrators, failed to prevent the crime, or harboured suspects without reporting them to the police.
The regional commander said the latest operation followed three earlier arrests connected to the case.
He explained that two suspects, a community police assistant, Bismark Yeboah, and Yaw Buabeng, who was both a victim of the mob attack at the health facility and a suspect in a related assault, had already been arraigned before court and remanded into police custody. The two are expected to reappear before the court on February 5, 2026.
DCOP Acquaye further confirmed that a third suspect, Daniel Ababio, who was also captured in the viral footage allegedly inflicting injuries on Yaw Buabeng with a pair of scissors at the Akoti Health Centre, had been arrested. He said Ababio had earlier been attacked by Buabeng, an incident that reportedly triggered the subsequent mob action.
Providing background to the case, the police commander said the incident occurred on Sunday, January 11, 2026, forcing health personnel at the facility to abandon their posts temporarily.
He explained that the violence followed an earlier altercation between Yaw Buabeng and a couple, during which the parties allegedly inflicted cutlass wounds on each other. Buabeng later rushed to the Akoti Health Centre for treatment, where a mob from the Assin Wurakese community reportedly followed him and assaulted him with sticks and clubs.
DCOP Acquaye cautioned the public against filming incidents in which people are being attacked or killed instead of intervening or alerting the police, stressing that such conduct was unlawful.
He also warned against mob justice and violent attacks, emphasising that the police would not tolerate such acts.
The regional commander assured the public that the Police Command would not bow to pressure from politicians, traditional authorities or any influential persons, stressing that the law would be applied without fear or favour.
