“Monkye No”: Killer Ntua’s viral skit hits raw nerve as NPP protest against “arrests”

The internet is undefeated when it comes to perfect timing. Just as the streets of Accra echoed with chants and red-armband fury during the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) “Democracy Under Attack” demonstration, Ghanaian comic sensation Asafo Powers dropped a short video that turned the nation’s political anxiety into a howling comedy.

At the center of the storm is Samuel Kwadwo Akowuah—better known to fans as Killer Ntua. He starred as Lawyer Koomson in this skit.

In the viral skit “Monkye No,” Killer Ntua trades his usual chaotic persona for something far more terrifying: a sharp, impeccably fitted lawyer’s suit. But the legal pedigree stops at the fabric. Marching through the neighbourhood with an exaggerated swagger, he transforms the rule of law into a neighbourhood shakedown.

With a casual flick of his wrist and a stern, self-important point of a finger, he barks orders at his bewildered, muscle-bound security detail: “Arrest this one! Arrest that one! Leave nobody!”

The timing could not have been scripted better by a Hollywood satirist. The skit hit social media feeds raw and unfiltered right on the heels of fierce allegations by the opposition NPP, who have accused the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration of weaponizing state security agencies to carry out rampant, politically motivated arrests of opposition members.

While the NPP hierarchy and hundreds of party faithfuls hit the streets for the high-stakes “Democracy Under Attack” protest—waving placards and demanding an immediate halt to what they term a descent into authoritarian policing—citizens online were simultaneously sharing Killer Ntua locking up a goat vendor for “illegal breathing.”

And that is the magic of Asafo Powers’ brand of social commentary. By reducing a tense national debate over civil liberties and state overreach to a man in a borrowed wig and oversized suit ordering the arrest of innocent bystanders, the skit holds up an unflinching mirror to the country.

It asks a profound question wrapped in slapstick: When law enforcement starts feeling like a neighbourhood mafia movie, how are we supposed to tell the difference between actual justice and a comedy sketch?

The internet immediately lost its mind because the skit mirrors the exact accusations the NPP is throwing at the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC). While politicians are delivering serious speeches about freedom of speech, Killer Ntua is out here ordering the arrest of a guy just for breathing too loudly.

The comment sections across TikTok, X, and Facebook are currently in meltdown mode. Here is what the digital street is saying:

• @Kojo_Ghanaian: “Lawyer Ntua is the Inspector General of Police we didn’t know we needed. I just sneezed in my room and I’m looking over my shoulder to see if his security is coming for me!”
• @Aba_Sweetness: “The NDC says they are enforcing law and order, the NPP says it is a political witch hunt, but Killer Ntua says anyone wearing slippers on a Thursday must face the full rigour of the law! I am dead!”
• @PoliticalGuru_23: “Asafo Powers didn’t just pierce the political bubble; they blew it up with a rocket launcher. This is the best political commentary of 2026.”

While the big political parties continue their heavy debates, Killer Ntua has proven that the best way to handle a tense situation is with a heavy dose of pure, unadulterated laughter.

Nana Prekoh Eric

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