The New Patriotic Party has condemned the remand of its Bono Regional Chairman, Kwame Baffoe, into the custody of the National Investigations Bureau by the Adenta Circuit Court.

In a statement dated May 13, 2026, and signed by the party’s General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong, the NPP described the remand as politically motivated and expressed concern that Mr. Baffoe could remain in custody until the final determination of the case.

According to the statement, the party believes the development is “an attack on every Ghanaian who believes in freedom, justice and the right to speak truth to power.”

The party alleged that the actions against Abronye DC form part of a broader political agenda directed by the Presidency. The statement claimed that NPP officials and communicators are being harassed and that charges are being brought against opposition members because of their political affiliation.

The NPP further alleged that the Office of the President has become “the headquarters of political persecution in this country.”

The statement also accused the government of weaponising the courts against opposition figures. The party questioned what it described as the speed with which charges are filed, hearings arranged, and remand orders secured against opposition members, while corruption and abuse of office cases involving government appointees are allegedly not pursued.

The NPP argued that Abronye DC should have been granted bail, describing him as a person with a fixed address, known family, no flight risk, and no history of violence.

The party stated that the judiciary was increasingly losing public trust and called on the Judicial Council and the Chief Justice to investigate the conduct of some judges whose rulings, according to the statement, appear to favour the ruling government.

It said the bench should not become a political battlefield and warned that silence in the face of what it described as “judicial decay” would amount to complicity.

The NPP also claimed that the remand of Abronye DC was intended to divert public attention from what it described as the “international embarrassment” arising from the arrest in the United States of Ohene Kwame Frimpong, a sitting Member of Parliament of the Majority Caucus, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

According to the statement, the governing party’s integrity and Ghana’s international reputation had suffered damage as a result of the incident.

The party maintained that it stands firmly with Abronye DC and would use all constitutional, legal, and political means available to secure his release and clear his name.

The statement also called on supporters of the party to remain calm, disciplined, united, and not be provoked or intimidated.

Copies of the statement were addressed to the Council of State, the National Peace Council, members of the diplomatic corps in Accra, the Christian Council of Ghana, the Catholic Bishops Conference, the National Muslims Conference of Ghana, the National House of Chiefs, the Ghana Journalists Association, the Ghana Bar Association, the Trades Union Congress, the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana, the Ghana Medical Association, the Ghana National Association of Teachers, CDD-Ghana, the Institute of Economic Affairs, the Ghana Integrity Initiative, the University Teachers Association of Ghana, and the Media Foundation for West Africa.