Hopeson Yaovi Adorye’s arrest by the Ghana Police Service is politically motivated, Yaw Buaben Asamoa, a member of the Movement for Change, has asserted.
Hopeson Adorye, also a leading member of the Movement for Change, was arrested by the Ghana Police Service for saying he detonated some dynamites in the Volta Region during the 2016 general elections.
The claim, which Mr. Adorye, a former Member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) made in a radio interview in Accra, has since gone viral.
According to Buaben Asamoa, he accompanied Mr. Adorye to the police headquarters on Wednesday when they were told he was going to be detained later.
He explains Hopeson had to spend the entire day at the police station after he was asked to write a statement.
Around 6pm after the statement, Buaben Asamoa says Adorye was told an order from above says he should be detained at the station.
Mr. Buaben Asamoa believes that the arrest is politically motivated, stating that the police are waiting for instructions from above, implying that the arrest is not solely a police decision.
He also believes that Adorye’s arrest is an attempt to muscle the Movement for Change and silence Adorye, who has been vocal about his opinions.
“Because if Hopeson has been up and running and there are people who are feeling a little edgy and jiffy about some of the things he has been saying. And this is the way of muzzling him, trying to frighten the movement for change, it won’t work. I believe strongly that it’s politically motivated,” he said on Accra-based Citi FM.
Mr. Adorye is currently has currently been granted bail and is expected to appear in court on today, Thursday, May 23, 2024. He has not been charged with a crime yet, but the police are investigating a case of publication of false information.
