The Accra Circuit Court has remanded Kwame Baffoe, also known as Abronye, the Bono Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), into police custody for a further week.
This will allow the police to carry out more enquiries to bolster the accusations made against him.
On Friday, September 19, 2025, he is scheduled to make another court appearance.
Abronye is charged with one count of spreading false information and one count of engaging in provocative behaviour that contributes to a breach of the peace.
He made his debut in connection with the charges on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, and was first placed under remand.
Abronye has been charged with claiming on a broadcast platform that the Inspector General of Police (IGP) attended every strategic meeting held by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Akwatia.
Once more, the Bono Regional Chairman is said to have said that Tetteh Yohuno, the current IGP, is the “most corrupt” IGP in the history of the nation.
However, he has entered a not guilty plea to the accusations.
Leading members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), including former Chairman Freddie Blay, Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo Markin, and National Youth Organiser Henry Nana Boakye, were present as supporters of the accused person stormed the courtroom today.
Application
Afenyo-Markin, the accused’s attorney, moved the court to grant self-recognition bond, arguing that his client was a well-known individual with political, social, and economic connections in the nation.
He went on to say that his client would not elude prosecution and had a fixed place of residence.
The prosecution, however, objected, stating that the police had stumbled upon the accused’s strong intelligence and further tapes of the accused that threatened national security.
He went on to say that Abronye might obstruct investigations if he were freed on bail.
In order to give the police time to perform a forensic analysis of the different films, the prosecutor asked the court to imprison the accused for two weeks.
Court
Samuel Bright Acquah, the presiding judge, stated that no freedom of speech was absolute before remanding the accused.
He asserted that “freedom of speech comes with responsibility, and the court will set standards for itself if the citizens do not.”
“We should put in place policies to check the politics of insult,” he continued, adding that Ghanaians needed to unite in order to combat the politics of insult.
