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The Police has provided clarifications on why some officers were deployed to the church premises of the Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu.

Some police personnel reportedly surrounded the Believers House Prayer Ministry at Ritz Junction in Madina where the MP was said to be worshipping.

It is believed they were there to effect the MP's arrest following his involvement in a chaotic protest in his constituency on Monday, October 25, 2021 where roads were blocked and the MP angrily drove off through the crowd.

Reports indicate two Police officers on the scene to restore calm and some constituents narrowly escaped fatal injuries when the MP's vehicle sped off.

However, the MP is said to have escaped the arrest at his church.

But speaking in an interview with Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM's 'Kokrokoo', the Public Affairs Director of the Ghana Police Service, ACP Kwesi Ofori refuted claims that the personnel were at the church to arrest the MP.

According to him, it was a tactical operation to tell the MP that they are keeping taps on him.

"The Police, as a foremost law enforcement agency in this regard, put up a tactical plan to wherever he is. It is in respect of this that they chanced upon him at the church. He was in the church; we could have arrested him looking at the Police officers who were around but it was a tactical ops to tell him that [1] we know where he is at that moment and that he cannot even run away from the law. It was a signal sent under this tactical ops scheme and one thing we would like to say is that his refusal to appear before the Police has been well-taken note of," he cleared the air.

He further debunked claims that the personnel stormed the church premises resulting in a state of disorder.

'" . . we know it's a faith-based movement. We don't want to do anything that might impede the church's activities."