NPP Accuses Police Service Of Selective Justice

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has accused the Ghana Police Service of selective justice following the remand of its Bono Regional Chairman, Kwame Baffoe, also known as Abronye.

In a statement, the National Organiser of the party compared the police’s response to its complaint about the death threat by a member of the ruling party against its official with its response to the case regarding Abronye.

“It has been almost a week, yet the Ghana Police Service has failed to take any action on the NPP’s complaint of threat of death by Chief Sofo Azorka and Alhaji Abdul Wahab during the Akwatia by-elections against the NPP’s Minority Leader Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin, Hon Annor Dompreh (Chief Whip), and myself.

“Strangely, the police have the manpower and resources to pursue and arrest the NPP’s Bono Regional Chairman, deny him sufficient legal representation, and arraign him before court within 48 hours on misdemeanours while those who have committed felonies walk about freely.”

He urged the Inspector-General of Police, Christian Tetteh Yohuno to rise above political inclination.

“The NPP has cautioned on multiple occasions about the selective justice being meted out by the Ghana Police Service and its seeming bias against the NPP. For the sake of the security of this country, the IGP must step up, and the Ghana Police must not allow itself to be used as an extension of the NDC’s unwholesome political machinations.”

He also served notice about the party’s intention to protest against the said injustice.

Story by Hajara Fuseini

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