Sylvester Tetteh, a prominent member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and former Member of Parliament for Bortianor-Ngleshie Amanfro, has accused the administration of President John Mahama of executing "unfounded arrests" of high-profile individuals to divert public attention from its governance failures.

Speaking to the media at the headquarters of Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) where NPP communications team member Dennis Edward 'Miracles' Aboagye had been arrested over an alleged GHS55 million corruption scandal, he decried the political and economic climate of Ghana.

Tetteh claimed that the current National Democratic Congress (NDC) government is leveraging state security apparatus to stage periodic arrests as a public relations smokescreen.

"They periodically arrest prominent people just to cover up," Tetteh said, arguing that the move is a deliberate strategy to distract Ghanaians from what he described as the government's "terrible job".

The NPP stalwart contrasted these recent law enforcement actions with the government's failure to deliver on key campaign promises, specifically highlighting President Mahama’s pledged "automatic recruitment of nurses and teachers," for the NPP's Agenda 111 healthcare initiative.

He argued that instead of addressing these critical welfare issues, the administration is focusing state resources on politically motivated detentions.

Tetteh warned that these actions would face scrutiny in the future, declaring that the NPP is currently "rebuilding and shall successfully finish and judiciously dissect matters" once they return to power.