Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the former Vice President and NPP Flagbearer, has bluntly told the John Mahama government that the answer to falsehood is not handcuffs, courtrooms or crushing bail conditions.
The former vice president made this known while calling on the Ghana Police Service and the Attorney-General to discontinue the prosecution of an NDC organiser, Prince Aboagye, from Agona West over alleged false publications and offensive comments made about him.
According to Dr Bawumia, he neither lodged a complaint nor authorised the prosecution, stressing that he does not support arresting or prosecuting Ghanaians in his name over speech.
Dr Bawumia highlighted that the answer to offensive speech is better speech, and the answer to falsehood is truth, not handcuffs, courtrooms, and crushing bail conditions imposed on ordinary Ghanaians.
In a statement signed by the Communications Directorate Office of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, NPP Presidential Candidate, read, “DR. BAWUMIA CALLS FOR THE DISCONTINUATION OF PROSECUTIONS UNDERTAKEN IN HIS NAME.
The attention of the Office of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has been drawn to the arrest and arraignment of an organiser of the National Democratic Congress in Agona West, who is being prosecuted for allegedly publishing false news and making offensive comments about Dr Bawumia.
Dr Bawumia wishes to state, clearly and unequivocally, that he has neither lodged any complaint nor sanctioned any prosecution against this young man or any other citizen. He does not desire, and will not endorse, the arrest or prosecution of any Ghanaian in his name for speech.
Dr Bawumia has been the subject of insults and falsehoods throughout his public life. He has never responded with the instruments of state power, and he will not begin now. His conviction remains that the answer to offensive speech is better speech, and the answer to falsehood is truth, not handcuffs, courtrooms, and crushing bail conditions imposed on ordinary Ghanaians.
He therefore respectfully calls on the Ghana Police Service and the Attorney-General to discontinue this prosecution and any similar actions purportedly undertaken on his behalf, and to release the young man to return to his family and his livelihood.
Ghana’s democracy is strengthened when citizens, including those who oppose us, can speak freely without fear.
Dr Bawumia forgives the young man, wishes him well, and urges all political actors to channel their energies toward the issues that matter to the Ghanaian people”.
His statement follows, a National Democratic Congress (NDC) branch organiser for Agona West, Prince Aboagye, has been granted bail of GH¢200,000 after appearing before court.
The NDC branch organiser appeared before a court for allegedly making offensive and false statements about Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on TikTok.
He was charged with offensive conduct conducive to the breach of the peace and publication of false news.
In court, the NDC branch organiser pleaded not guilty and was granted bail in the sum of GH¢200,000 with three sureties, one to be justified with landed property.
The case has since been adjourned to August 19, 2026.
The development follows the Ghana Police Service has arrested Prince Aboagye, a 38-year-old National Democratic Congress (NDC) Branch Organiser in Agona West.
Reports suggest the NDC branch organiser was arrested over alleged offensive comments he reportedly made about former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on social media.
In a viral video, the NDC Branch Organiser claimed that Dr Bawumia murdered, stole, and engaged in extramarital affairs with married women.
He stated, “He is a thief and killed his own close associate he used to walk with. He has been sleeping with people’s wives”.
Following his comments, another viral video circulating online shows Prince Aboagye in handcuffs alongside the video in which he allegedly used abusive and defamatory language against Dr Bawumia.
See the post below:
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— Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia (@MBawumia) July 22, 2026
Wednesday, 22 July 2026.
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