A presenter of Kumasi-based Wontumi FM, Emmanuel Kwakye Asare, popularly known as Akyenkwaa Nana Kofi Asare, has been granted bail after spending two weeks in police custody.

According to a report by citinewsroom.com on August 27, the court granted him bail in the sum of GH¢100,000 with two sureties, both of whom should be civil servants.

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Asare is scheduled to reappear before the court on September 1, 2025, as the case proceeds.

The presenter was arrested on August 12, 2025, and charged with one count of offensive conduct related to the publication of alleged false news with intent to cause fear and panic.

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The charge follows comments he made on his radio program linking President John Dramani Mahama to the tragic helicopter crash that claimed eight lives on August 6, 2025.

Although the prosecution opposed bail, citing ongoing investigations, the Presiding Judge, Samuel Bright Acquah, ruled that there was no basis to deny him bail.

He noted that his decision was guided by judicial precedence, recalling a similar case in which a young man was remanded for insulting the former President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

His legal team is currently working to finalise the bail processes, the report added.

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