More details are emerging about the supposed financier of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Asante Akyem Constituency, who was brutalised by some soldiers reportedly led by the Deputy Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator, Ivan Bilson Yeboah.
According to Citi FM, the man, who was captured being beaten by the soldiers in a viral video, was no less than a retired Chief Inspector of the Ghana Police Service.
The media house, in a post shared on X on April 20, 2026, identified the victim as Chief Inspector (retired) Seibu Sidi.
The report further indicates that the soldiers who were captured beating up the former senior police officer are operatives of the National Security.
The report indicated that Chief Inspector Seibu Sidi (retired), who is receiving treatment, has been left traumatised by the incident.
“A retired police officer in the Ashanti Region has been left traumatised after what he describes as a harrowing encounter with some National Security operatives. Chief Inspector Seibu Sidi (retired) was allegedly subjected to severe beatings by the operatives,” Citi FM wrote on X.
Watch viral video of soldiers beating up a supposed NDC financier
About the incident:
The viral video captured a man believed to be the Deputy Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator, Ivan Bilson Yeboah, leading the soldier in the assault.
The Deputy Regional Security Coordinator is captured hitting the man’s leg with a handcuff as at least three soldiers pin him to the ground.
Ivan is heard hurling insults at the man as he was hitting him, and at one point asking, “Who gave you the mandate?”
The soldiers who had pinned the man to the ground managed to handcuff him, and after that, the coordinator asked them to put him in a vehicle.
The supposed financier can be seen being dragged on the ground and beaten by the soldiers as he was resisting arrest.
At one point, he is heard urging onlookers to call the police. “Call the police for me,” he said in the Twi dialect.
It is not clear why the soldiers were attempting to arrest the supposed financier, but some of the onlookers could be heard saying that he was the one who moved a particular vehicle.
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Watch the viral video below:
