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Minority Leader in Parliament Alexander Afenyo-Markin has raised concerns over the decision by the police to detain the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, at the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB).
Speaking to journalists at the Accra Circuit Court on Friday, September 12, where Abronye was due to appear, Afenyo-Markin described the move as troubling, given that the case involved a misdemeanour.
“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,” the Minority Leader recounted.
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He added that the development raises critical questions. “Why would the police, investigating a matter and having their own cells, decide to send a citizen who is being investigated for a matter which is a misdemeanour into NIB custody?”
According to him, checks revealed that the NIB was not involved in the investigation. “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. But they are not the ones who are investigating,” he explained.
He further questioned the motives behind the transfer. “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?”
Afenyo-Markin also criticised the handling of the case after his appearance in court. “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.”
The court proceedings drew the presence of several senior NPP figures, including National Organiser Henry Nana Boakye (Nana B), former Attorney-General Godfred Dame, former NPP National Chairman Freddie Blay, and other executives.
Abronye, who was arrested on Monday, September 8, was remanded into police custody on Wednesday, September 9. He is expected to reappear before the Accra Circuit Court 9 later today, September 12.
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