Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has condemned the continued detention of the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye, following his second remand by an Accra Circuit Court on Friday, September 12, 2025.

Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen programme on September 12, 2025, Kpebu described the decision to keep Abronye in police custody for two consecutive weeks over a misdemeanour charge as unlawful and a betrayal of the principles of justice expected by Ghanaians.

“We must let the Attorney-General and IGP Yohuno know that this is not lawful. We didn’t vote for the NDC for this type of governance, and I cannot be part of this type of government,” he stated.

Kpebu argued that if the state found Abronye’s alleged comments offensive, the case should proceed in court while granting him bail.

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“If they don’t want to forgive him, they can grant him bail as the case proceeds. When the verdict comes and it is too much, then we can talk about it,” he explained.

He warned that denying bail in a misdemeanour case sets a dangerous precedent for Ghana’s justice system.

“If in a misdemeanour case Abronye cannot secure bail, then it means the verdict on my Kpebu Number 2 case in 2016 is void and useless. As citizens, we must get up and resist this, or else it will lead to tyranny,” he cautioned.

The human rights lawyer urged the police to return to court on Monday to indicate the completion of their investigations, which could pave the way for Abronye’s bail.

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He further called on Abronye’s legal team to seek redress at the Human Rights Court if the situation persists.

“This is wrong and a sad day for our democracy. We must all rally support and speak against this because we cannot retrogress as a nation,” Kpebu said.

Abronye was first remanded on September 9, 2025, following his arrest on Monday, September 8, 2025, for alleged “offensive conduct conducive to the breach of public peace.”

At his latest appearance before the Accra Circuit Court on Friday, prosecutors urged the court to remand him, citing incomplete investigations and the possibility of interference.

His lawyers, including Minority Leader Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, pleaded for bail, but the court rejected the application.

Abronye is expected to reappear in court on September 19, 2025.

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