Former Member of Parliament for Manhyia North, Collins Owusu Amankwah, has accused the government and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) of engaging in selective arrest and detention regarding political issues.

According to the former legislator, the government and the police administration appear to have a malicious mission meant to gag and intimidate members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

His allegations come on the heels of the arrest of one Francis Asante, alias Nana Kwasi, who in a viral video described himself as the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Delta Forces vigilante group associated with the NPP.

Speaking to the media after a failed attempt to secure bail for the suspect, Amankwah described his inability to get the suspect from the claws of the police as politically motivated.

He explained that after the suspect's caution statement had been taken by the police, "a young man claiming to be an official with national security came in and said he had been ordered from above to come for him."

"We are calling on the government to, as a matter of urgency, put an immediate end to arbitrary arrests that are ongoing, arbitrary detention, political intimidation, and acts of bias," he said.

He alleged that the suspect had been subjected to inhumane treatment while in detention, cautioning that power must be exercised with integrity, accountability, and human dignity.

He accused the government of engaging in selective application of justice, a phenomenon he termed as dangerous for national cohesion.

The self-acclaimed former chairman of Delta Force in the Ashanti Region was picked up in Kumasi by the National Security and transferred to Accra, where he has been in detention.

A report by GBC indicated that he was "arrested in connection with an alleged threat he made in a video that has since gone viral on social media”.

It has been reported that the suspect claimed in the said video that someone would be killed during the upcoming by-election at Akwatia.

According to GBC's source, "the arrest of Swanzy, seen in a military camouflage in the video, is a proactive measure to ensure life and property are protected before, during, and after the polls."



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