By Joyce Danso
Accra, Sept. 9, GNA- Kwame Baffoe, also known as Abronye, the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, was on Tuesday remanded into police custody by an Accra Circuit Court.
Baffoe, who is facing charges of offensive conduct conducive to the breach of the peace and publication of false news, is expected to reappear on Friday, September 12, 2025.
The court did not take his plea but read out the charges to him.
He is alleged to have made offensive and abusive statements on Ohia TV during a live-stream against the Inspector General of Police, Mr Christian TettehYohuno, to wit, “the Current Inspector General of Police (IGP) has low Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and he is the most foolish IGP in the history of Ghana”.
” The current IGP, Tetteh Yohonu, is the most corrupt IGP in the history of Ghana.”
Again, Baffoe is said to have made publication of false news on September 3, 2025, on Ohia Online TVprogramme, dubbed: “The Evidence”, to wit ” all strategic meetings conducted by the NDC in Akwatia had the IGP in attendance.”
The court, presided over by Mr Samuel Bright Acquah,remanded Baffoe into police custody after carefully listening to the prayers of the defence counsel and the prosecution.
The court denied the accused person’s bail with the reason that his plea had not been taken on the grounds that the police are conducting full investigations into the matter, adding that the police did not also want to breach the 48-hour rule.
The prosecution, led by Chief Inspector Ebenezer Teye Okuffo and Chief Inspector Jonas Lawer, gave various reasons to the court as to why Baffoe should be remanded.
Chief Inspector Jonas Lawer held that Baffoe should be remanded because he was a flight risk.
He said it was on record that Baffoe had written letters to embassies in the country, seeking asylum in some countries, including Ivory Coast.
Chief Inspector Lawer noted that one could enter the Ivory Coast on foot, and “if the accused is granted bail, his chances of absconding were 100 per cent.
“This should be a convincing reason for this court to remand the accused person into police custody for us to conclusively investigate and arraign him,” he said.
Chief Inspector Okuffo told the court that the nature of the accusation borders on the security of the nation, hence the need to conduct thorough investigations into the matter.
He said the law enjoined the court to remand the accused person to enable the police to conduct further investigations into the matter.
Chief Inspector Okuffo said Baffoe was arrested on Monday and arraigned on Tuesday because the Police did not want to breach the 48-hour rule.
Mr Daniel Nii Martey Addo, who led the defence team, prayed the court to admit his client to bail because he was not a flight risk as Baffoe voluntarily honoured thepolice invitation.
He said Baffoe would always make himself available in court or whenever the police called him, adding that he owned a TV channel, which was located within the jurisdiction.
Defence counsel said the charges preferred against Baffoe were misdemeanour and urged the court to exercise its discretion in favour of his client.
GNA
Edited by Agnes Boye-Doe