Private legal practitioner Obiri Boahen has asserted that any state intervention on behalf of the Member of Parliament for Asante Akyem North, Kwame Ohene Frimpong, would amount to causing financial loss to the state.

He noted that the legislator was arrested while engaged in a personal business venture rather than on an official state assignment.

Consequently, Boahen stressed the need for authorities to allow the MP to “carry his own cross.”

The Parliament of Ghana has officially confirmed that it is investigating the detention of the lawmaker in the Netherlands.

According to a statement issued by the Clerk to Parliament, Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, the MP was intercepted by authorities at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.

While the specific reasons for the detention have not yet been made public, Parliament indicated that it is treating the matter as a high priority.

The Speaker, Alban Bagbin, together with the leadership of the House, is reportedly in direct communication with Ghana’s diplomatic mission in The Hague to ascertain the full details of the incident.

A lawyer based in The Hague has also been engaged to provide legal representation for the MP.

However, Boahen insists that the state has no business offering any form of assistance.

Speaking in an interview on Frontline on Rainbow Radio on May 14, 2026, he argued that the arrest has no connection to the state and that public resources should not be used to provide legal support. He told host Kwabena Agyapong that the MP must “face the music.”

He further argued that the MP’s use of a diplomatic passport has no bearing on the case and should not even be part of the discussion.

Boahen also dismissed as ridiculous suggestions that foreign authorities were obliged to consult the Ghanaian government before effecting the arrest.

“Stop this nonsense of suggesting that the government should have engaged authorities to secure his release,” he stated.

“Give us a break. If he has been arrested, so be it. Him being an MP has nothing to do with what has happened. He is a person of interest who has been arrested, and we must stop this jungle analysis surrounding the arrest.”

Boahen added that other high-profile personalities, including the President of Venezuela, have faced arrest-related controversies in various contexts.

“Even the President of Venezuela has faced arrest-related issues, and you are talking about a Ghanaian MP.

"He is not above the law. He has been arrested over suspected wrongdoing and must face the law. It does not matter whether he is a Ghanaian MP or not,” he added.