Court Remands Man Making False Assassination Plot Claims Against Mahama

• A Ghanaian man has been remanded for allegedly publishing false news about a military assassination plot against the president
• In a TikTok video, Ahmed Hassan Abdul Razzaq claimed that two military officers were plotting to have John Mahama assassinated
• In his latest appearance, the court denied the man's plea and remanded him into custody until the next hearing on February 9, 2026

The Adenta Circuit Court has remanded a Ghanaian man for allegedly publishing false news with the intention of causing fear and panic.

Ahmed Hassan Abdul Razzaq is a laundry attendant who went viral for claims shared on his TikTok handle, @breakingnewsghana.

The 30-year-old is accused of publishing false news after sharing a video, claiming that two military officers were planning to assassinate President John Dramani Mahama.

The attendant posted the TikTok video on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, listing Sergeant Amoh and Sergeant Joseph as the military officers plotting to take the president's life.

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The police arrested Hassan Abdul Razzaq on Wednesday, January 21, 2025, a day after he posted the video, apprehending him at Adjiriganor in the Greater Accra Region.

In his caution statement, he admitted that he had made the video, but he did not know the officers whose names he mentioned personally and had also never met them.

According to Abdul Razzaq, he chanced upon a post on social media alleging a plot, which made him shoot and share the video, but he could not show investigators the source.

The court did not grant his plea and ordered that he remain in custody until the hearing on February 9, 2026, with the prosecution being led by Chief Inspector Maxwell Lanyo.

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Proofreading by Bruce Douglas, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.

Source: YEN.com.gh