Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the minority leader, has quizzed the Ghana Police Service’s decision to keep NPP Bono Regional Chairman, Kwame Baffoe, also known as Abronye DC, in the custody of the NIB for a misdemeanour.
According to Afenyo-Markin, the NIB is not interrogating Abronye, nor are they investigating him.
He questioned why the Police would send Abronye, who is being investigated on a matter which is a misdemeanour, into NIB custody.
Speaking to the media at the Accra Circuit Court on September 12, Afenyo-Markin stated, “The police invited him on Monday, September 8. He responded to the invitation, went with his lawyers, and submitted himself to interrogations. Within an hour of interrogations, he was whisked into NIB custody”.
“Why would the police, investigating a matter and having their own cells, decide to send a citizen who is being investigated on a matter which is a misdemeanour into NIB custody?” he questioned.
He further explained, “Our checks at the NIB confirm that the NIB is not interrogating Abronye. Neither are they investigating him. According to the NIB, they are only the recipient of the man Abronye. In other words, the police sent him there so that they could keep him. That is why they received him. But they are not the ones who are investigating”.
“So the question is, why would the Ghana Police Service claim to be investigating a person and rather decide to send him to NIB cells? Is it to punish him or what?”
The minority leader added, “They kept him the whole of the night and on Tuesday morning, being the 9th, he was brought to court
“When they brought him to court, the police insisted that they still needed him for further investigation; therefore, they wanted him to be remanded into lawful custody. Of course, the judge upheld the application and remanded Abronye to be brought to court today.
Meanwhile, the Accra Circuit Court has remanded NPP’s Bono Regional Chairman, Kwame Baffoe, commonly known as Abronye, into police custody.
Abronye has been remanded into police custody for one week.
The Court explained that the remand is to allow prosecutors sufficient time to conduct further investigations into the case.
Abronye arrived at the Accra Circuit Court aboard the Black Maria again.
He was arrested on Monday, September 8, by the Ghana Police Service based on what the police described as “offensive conduct conducive to the breach of public peace.”
The details surrounding the charges have not been publicly disclosed, but the case has drawn significant national attention due to Abronye’s outspoken commentary.
The police had earlier stated on the social media platform X on September 8, 2025, that Abronye had been charged with offensive conduct conducive to the breach of the peace.
Meanwhile, Abronye, before his arrest, had sought 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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