An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced Camilla Alhassan, a 43-year-old TikToker, to one year’s imprisonment with hard labour after she pleaded guilty to a charge of offensive conduct conducive to breaches of the peace.
According to MyJoyOnline, the court said the sentence was intended to deter others from similar conduct.
The prosecution told the court that the Ghana Police Service had intercepted a video circulated on TikTok in which Alhassan made offensive and derogatory remarks about President John Mahama and First Lady Lordina Mahama. The prosecution said the remarks included threats and were likely to provoke a breach of the peace.
The report said police began efforts to locate Alhassan after the video was identified. With technical support from the National Signal Bureau, she was tracked and arrested on 9 July 2026, according to the prosecution’s account in court.
Alhassan was earlier remanded in lawful custody, with sentencing deferred until 16 July. She subsequently entered a guilty plea, the report said.
Charge and sentence
The case was heard at the Accra Circuit Court under the offence of offensive conduct conducive to breaches of the peace. The available report did not provide further details of the court’s legal reasoning beyond its stated view that the custodial sentence should serve as a deterrent.
The report also did not set out whether Alhassan’s legal representatives made submissions in mitigation before sentencing.
The conviction concerns statements presented by the prosecution in open court and should not be read as establishing the truth of claims made in the TikTok video. The court proceedings, as reported, focused on the nature and likely effect of the language used.
