News:
September 10, 2025
The Minority has condemned the arrest and remand in police custody of Mr. Kwame Baffoe, Bono Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) as he was arranged before an Accra circuity court on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, until Friday, September 12, 2025, on two charges of alleged “offensive conduct conducive to breach of Peace”.
According to the Minority, the arrest and detention revealed a disturbing pattern the current government is increasingly weaponising the judicial system against perceived opponents.
And more troubling, is his arrest follows attempts to seek political asylum in eight countries, citing persecution and threats to his life. The denial of bail and his remand clearly suggest punishment, not justice.
“This case is not isolated. We see a deliberate and systematic campaign to suppress dissent:
• Journalists, social commentators, and opposition figures harassed through arbitrary arrests and detentions.
• State security deployed to intimidate citizens who expose corruption or question
government narratives.
• A climate of fear where ordinary people hesitate to exercise their constitutional right to free expression.
In a statement issued by the second deputy whip of the Minority, Jerry Ahmed Shaib noted that such orchestrated persecution is a betrayal of the democratic principles upon which Ghana was founded and the Minority Caucus stands in solidarity with all voices of dissent and affirms their right to hold government accountable without fear of persecution.
Meanwhile, the government’s neglect of urgent national crises is glaring in northern Ghana; communal violence has claimed at least 31 lives and displaced nearly 50,000 people, with more than 13,000 forced to seek refuge in Côte d’Ivoire. This is not just a local tragedy, it is a regional humanitarian emergency that shames our nation. That citizens must cross international borders to find safety is an indictment of a government that has abandoned its basic duty to protect its people.
“We also draw attention to an alarming escalation of threats against political leaders, including the Minority Leader, Hon. Osahene Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, our Chief Whip, Hon. Frank Annoh-Dompreh, and our National Organiser, Mr. Henry Nana Boakye (Nana B). Reports of assassination plots, issued openly by NDC executives and their associates while the authorities look away, signal a dangerous deterioration of democratic tolerance”.
This climate of intimidation is not a partisan issue, it is an assault on democracy itself. Such threats violate international democratic norms and cannot be dismissed as mere local politics.
They demand immediate and serious investigation into these issues of threats while calling on the Ghana Police Service to rise above partisanship, abandon its current posture as a tool of the ruling party, and guarantee protection for all political actors, regardless of affiliation.
The Minority Caucus reiterates that this government has abandoned its constitutional obligations, choosing instead the path of authoritarian consolidation. Judicial persecution, executive overreach, economic manipulation, and security failures have converged into a perfect storm that endangers both democracy and development in Ghana, the statement noted.
Ghanamps.com