Hopeson Adorye Arrested

Hopeson Adorye, a leading member of Alan Kyerematen’s Movement for Change has been arrested by the police.

He was arrested on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 by the Police and detained overnight at the Ministries Police Station.

Reports indicate that his arrest is on the back of a recent comment he made in the media space during an interview.

Video circulating on social media of his arrest on Thursday morning showed him handcuffed and in the process of being conveyed to court.

Meanwhile, supporters of Movement for Change are demanding his release as some have attributed the arrest to partisanship.

The supporters some of whom are said to have spent the night at the police station are captured in one viral video in their yellow branded T-shirts enthusiastically chanting “freedom” as they watched on.

Background
Reports indicate that the controversial politician’s arrest is connected to a comment he made in an interview to the effect that he influenced the low turn-out of electorates in the Volta Region in favour of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) while he was a member.

In the interview which has gone viral, Hopeson said he got some dynamites three days to the election and led their detonation in parts of the Volta region- a stronghold of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC)- to scare electorates from going out to vote.

“Three days to the election, we went to get some dynamites and detonated them during the election. No one came to vote…The voter turnout in Volta Region reduced drastically. After voting in Tema, I drove there… Some polling stations with about 500 voters had about 170 people turning out as of 2pm.”