24-year-old Bless Amedegbe, a social media influencer has been arrested for spreading fake news and inciting the public to commit a crime.
Bless is said to have made claims in a recorded video in which he asked the public to defy the president’s directives aimed at curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus in the country.
The said video, which went viral during Ghana’s lockdown period, saw Bless claiming the stay at home order was a hoax and it was a ploy by government to install 5G cables in the affected areas.
According to him, these 5G cables were to kill Ghanaians.
In the video, Bless Amedegbe asked, “Don’t you people see that they are always digging dredges in town? And what do you think they are using those dredges for?”
The National Security Operatives came across the video, tracked and arrested him on Tuesday.
He has since been charged with false communication, an assault on a public officer, contravening electronic communication act, criminal and other offences act.
He was arraigned before the Accra Circuit Court for trial and subsequently remanded.
