Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, is “resolute, courageous and in very high spirits” despite his ongoing detention at the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), according to NPP General Secretary Justin Frimpong Kodua.
In a Facebook post on Monday, Mr Kodua revealed that he visited Abronye DC together with senior party leaders, including K. T. Hammond, Deputy General Secretary Haruna Mohammed, Central Regional Chairman Dennis Percyval Quaicoe, and Agona West’s 2024 parliamentary candidate Christopher Arthur.
Kodua said Abronye expressed deep appreciation to party faithful and supporters nationwide for the overwhelming show of support and solidarity.
He added that the Bono Regional Chairman also sent warm greetings to party members in the Bono Region and urged them to remain united and hopeful.
“His spirit remains unbroken, and his conviction unwavering,” Kodua wrote, adding that Abronye assured supporters that he would “definitely be back.”
The NPP General Secretary further disclosed that a bail application challenging Abronye’s continued detention has been filed at the High Court and is scheduled to be heard on May 20.
Abronye DC was remanded into custody for two weeks as investigations continue into allegations of misinformation and offensive public statements. The outspoken politician was rearrested on May 13, after having earlier been granted bail in the same case.
Deputy Minority Leader Patricia Appiagyei criticised the detention, describing it as a breach of constitutional protections on personal liberty.
“We are looking at the constitutional provision that no person shall be deprived of his liberty except under clearly defined circumstances,” she said in a media interview.
Appiagyei argued that Abronye’s comments constituted criticism rather than criminal conduct, and warned against what she described as the criminalisation of dissent.
“We are not encouraging insults, but every citizen has the right to criticise a system,” she emphasised.
She also questioned the legal justification for his continued detention, stating that keeping him in custody simply because he might make further public comments amounts to “persecution, not prosecution.”
Editor:
Obiri-Yeboah
