Osagyefo Oliver Barker Vormawor, Lawyer and Human Rights activist, has shown serious concerns about the arrest and detention of the Bono Regional NPP Chairman, Hon. Kwame Baffoe Abronye.
According to him, the said case filed against the Bono Regional NPP Chairman is so embarrassing, and the ongoing trial must be stopped at once!
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Kwame Baffoe Abronye was invited to the Criminal Investigative Department(CID) headquarters to come and answer some questions relating to a video he made about a High Court Judge, claiming the judge is politically biased.
He was arrested and has been remanded in custody by the Adenta Circuit Court to the National Investigations Bureau until the final determination of his case.
Lawyer Barker Vormawor commented on this issue on Facebook, posting the court’s Charge Sheet in the case of Abronye Dc, and said, “File Nolle Prosequi in the matter! This is just embarrassing. Shalom!”
He continued his statement in a different post, in which he hit the president on the shoulder, and the leaders of the National Democratic Congress(NDC) party, to not take these rampant arrests for granted, as it will turn back to harm them in the future.
“The NDC must not take these rampant speech-related arrests for granted oo. Yoo. They quickly undermine support for a government,” he said.
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Lawyer Barker later called on the Attorney General of the land to quickly intervene in the trial of Abronye Dc, and exercise executive order to prevent the Police from applying the Electronic Communications Act 2008, Section 76 or Section 208, which criminalize the use of electronic means to misinform and disinform.
“I think the Attorney General must urgently issue an Executive Instrument to limit the prosecutorial mandate of the police to no longer cover Section 208 or Section 76 of the Electronic Communications Act,” he stated.
He then stressed the fact that speech criminalization must not be a practice performed by the police, which intends to put Democracy and Freedom of Speech under siege, but must only be a reserve decision of the Attorney General’s Department.
“End these speech criminalization by an overzealous police force. Reserve a decision to charge a person over such offences to the AG’s department directly. A word to worse. Shalom!”
What we know about Abronye DC’s case.
Abronye Dc has been arrested and detained by the Adenta Circuit Court for alleging that the Adenta Circuit Court is politically influenced, and the judge who presides over cases is politically biased.
Prior to his arrest, the Minority group in parliament, NPP, has issued a letter expressing their dissatisfaction concerning how their party communicators are been treated unfairly under this current administration, demanding the release of Abronye.
Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, the flagbearer of the NPP ahead of the 2028 General Elections, in a recent statement, has condemned the use of the judiciary to intimidate his people, calling on the president to stop putting democracy and free speech under siege.
