The Bono Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, commonly referred to as Abronye, has been remanded into police custody for one more week by the Accra Circuit Court.
This is to enable the police to conduct further investigations in support of the charges levelled against him.
He is to reappear in court on Friday, September 19, 2025.
Abronye is facing one count of publication of false news and one count of offensive conduct conducive to the breach of peace.
He was first remanded on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, when he made his debut in respect of the charges.
Abronye has been accused of stating on a television platform that all strategic meetings conducted by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at Akwatia had the Inspector General of Police (IGP in attendance.
Again, the Bono Regional Chairman is alleged to have stated that the current IGP, Tetteh Yohuno, is the “most corrupt” IGP in the country’s history.
He has, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Meanwhile, in court today supporters of the accused person besieged the premises with leading members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) including the former Chairman, Freddie Blay, the Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo Markin, and National Youth Organizer of the NPP, Henry Nana Boakye all in attendance.
Moving a bail application, counsel for the accused, Afenyo-Markin, who prayed the court for a self recognizance bail, said his client was a well known person with social, economic and political ties in the country.
He added that his client had a fixed place of abode and would not flee from prosecution.
However, this was opposed by the prosecution, adding that the police had chanced on strong intelligence of the accused person and other videos of the accused bordering on the security of the country.
He added that if Abronye was released on bail, he could interfere with investigations.
Source: GRAPHIC ONLINE
