NPP Blasts Mahama Administration Over “State-Sponsored” Arrests and Judicial Overreach
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has launched a blistering attack on President John Mahama’s administration, accusing the government of weaponizing state institutions and the judiciary to silence political dissent.
At a heated press conference held Wednesday April 15, NPP National Organizer Henry Nana Boakye described the recent spate of arrests involving party communicators and stalwarts as a “conveyor belt of political persecution” aimed at criminalizing free speech.
The party’s grievances center primarily on the recent remnand of NPP communicator Baba Amando.
According to the party, Amando was detained and processed in Accra despite being invited by police in Sunyani, a move the NPP claims was dictated by “orders from above.”
The party expressed particular outrage over the conduct of the presiding judge, Justice Kuunsong, who reportedly remanded Amando for two weeks despite the state prosecutor not opposing bail.
”The Judge descended into the arena, assumed the role of a prosecutor, and with a predetermined, political mind, unjustifiably remanded Baba Amando,” Henry Nana Boakye stated.
He further characterized the incident as a “state-sponsored political abduction disguised as law enforcement,” arguing that the court’s decision to curtail Amando’s liberty without a formal request from the police constitutes a dangerous level of judicial overreach.
The NPP pointed to a perceived double standard in the application of the law, citing what they described as “reckless and ethnically divisive” statements made by high-ranking NDC officials and President Mahama himself during the 2024 election cycle.
The National Organizer noted that while Malik Basintale and other government appointees have faced no legal consequences for their public utterances, NPP members like Amando and Bono Regional Chairman Kwame Baffoe Abronye are being “bundled to court” for similar or lesser commentary.
The party also condemned the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) for what it termed an “unlawful invasion” of the residence of Maxwell Kofi Jumah.
The NPP alleges that the raid was conducted without a warrant and serves as further evidence that President Mahama has turned state agencies into “opposition hunting grounds” to settle personal vendettas.
”When you cannot win the debate, you jail the debater,” Boakye remarked, suggesting that the government is using these legal battles as a diversionary tactic to mask failures in managing the economy, the “galamsey” crisis, and rising utility costs.
The party demanded an immediate end to the harassment of political opponents and called on the Chief Justice to investigate the bench for apparent political bias.
The party noted that these persecutions are not intimidating members of the NPP but also putting the nation’s democratic foundations at risk.
“That thing that we cherish melts, and it melts with time,” Boakye cautioned, urging the government to turn its focus from “vendettas” to delivering on its promises of jobs, stable electricity, and affordable living for Ghanaians.
Source: Felix NYAABA/expressnewsghana.com
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