Kwesi Botchway Jnr, a lawyer and a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) communications team, has claimed the Bono Regional Chairman, Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye, was arrested for criticising the Inspector General of Police (IGP).
According to Kwesi Botchway Jnr, Abronye’s lawyer, confirmed his arrest but indicated he had no information on his client’s whereabouts.
He revealed that Abronye voluntarily appeared at the Police CID Headquarters yesterday, September 8, 2025, at 10:30 a.m., upon the invitation of the police and was arrested after two hours of interrogation.
Kwesi Botchway Jnr alleged that during the interrogation, Abronye was shown a video of himself criticising IGP Yohuno, which he claims forms the basis of the arrest and charges.
In a Facebook post on Monday, September 8, 2025, Botchway wrote, “ I got off the phone with Abronye’s lawyer a few minutes ago (3:20 p.m.). He confirmed to me that he does not know the whereabouts of his client. According to him, he arrived with Abronye voluntarily at the Police CID Headquarters today at 10:30 a.m. upon the invitation of the police.
He indicated to me that the police interrogated Abronye for about two hours, after which he was arrested and charged with breach of peace and publication of false news,” Kwesi Botchway Jnr wrote in a Facebook post.
He added, “It is important to add that, during the interrogation, a video was played where Abronye was seen and heard criticising the Inspector General of Police, Christian Tetteh Yohuno. (This video forms the foundation of the arrest and charges)”.
However, the Ghana Police Service has officially confirmed the arrest of the Bono Regional NPP Chairman, Kwame Baffoe, also known as Abronye DC.
The police statement issued on social media platform X on September 8, 2025, revealed Abronye had been charged with offensive conduct conducive to the breach of the peace.
The statement also revealed he would be arraigned before a law court for prosecution.
The police statement read, “ POLICE ARREST MR KWAME BAFFOE FOR OFFENSIVE CONDUCT.
The Ghana Police Service has today, 08/09/25, arrested Mr. Kwame Baffoe @ Abronye for Offensive conduct conducive to the breach of the peace.
He is currently in custody and will be put before Court”.
On Sunday, September 7, 2025, about 16 armed officers stormed the residence of former NPP Greater Accra Regional Youth Organiser, Moses Abor, in three Tundra vehicles and on motorbikes.
In a viral video, some police officers were seen invading Moses Abor’s residence on Sunday, September 7, 2025.
Reports suggest the officers were in search of Kwame Baffoe Abronye, popularly known as Abronye DC, who is wanted.
The police claim they acted on intelligence that Abronye was being harboured at the property.
Abronye’s arrest came on the back of his seeking political asylum and security protection over threats on his life by government operatives and IGP Christian Tetteh Yohuno and his boys.
Abronye, in a detailed letter, September 5, 2025, appealed to the embassies and high commissions of Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, Côte d’Ivoire, Spain, France and Italy for urgent protection.
According to Abronye, his troubles started immediately after the NDC assumed office in January 2025.
He revealed he was the first opposition politician invited, arrested and detained by the government following his criticism of the government’s dismissal of more than 150,000 workers.
He claims, “The first opposition politician to be invited, arrested and detained by the National Investigations Bureau (NIB)”.
“During my detention, I was threatened, intimidated and sternly warned that unless I ceased criticising the government, I would face more severe reprisals,” he wrote.
Abronye also alleged that the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno, was involved in selective arrests of opposition members.
“He ordered me to report to the National Police Headquarters immediately to answer questions as to why I had been insulting and disrespecting the IGP. He warned that if I failed to comply, I would be dealt with mercilessly and that I ‘wouldn’t come back to life,’” Abronye recounted.
He detailed that when his lawyers wrote to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to verify the summons, they were informed that no complaint or investigation had been initiated against him.
“The supposed investigator refused to clarify and instead ominously stated: tell that boy that if he refuses to come and we pick him up, he won’t come back to life”.
Abronye cited international law in his appeal for political asylum, under the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the 1969 OAU Refugee Convention and the UNHCR Guidelines on International Protection.
“This application is respectfully grounded upon binding international legal instruments that recognise the well-founded fear of persecution for political opinion and prohibit refoulement”, he stated.
He added that copies of his application had been sent to the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office in Ghana, UNHCR Ghana, UNDP Ghana and the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS).
He wrote, “I respectfully seek political asylum and security protection in your country.
“I place my trust in your respected institution to consider my case urgently and extend the necessary humanitarian assistance and protection under international conventions governing the rights of asylum seekers”.
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