Police Seek More Time To File Abronye Trial Papers

Kwame Baffoe, aka Abronye DC

 

Police prosecutors in the trial of Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, yesterday asked the court to give them more time to file disclosures in the case.

The court had earlier directed the prosecution to file their disclosures, which includes documents and exhibits they will be relying on for the trial of the NPP official who is before the court over some alleged offensive conduct and publication of false news.

Failing to meet the deadline, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Raymond Ackom, who held brief for Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Emmanuel Nyamekye, prayed the court for an adjournment to enable the prosecution to file its disclosures.

The court, presided over by His Honour Joseph Yennuban Kunsong, granted the request and adjourned the case to July 14, while giving the prosecution 14 days within which to file the disclosures.

 

Trial

Abronye DC was put before a Circuit Court in Accra on May 13, charged with one count of offensive conduct conducive to the breach of the peace, contrary to Section 207(1) of the Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29).

Court documents allege that Abronye DC, in the month of April 2026, without lawful authority, uttered certain abusive words indicating that a judge sitting at the Adenta Circuit Court is “not a judge but rather a politician” who has “covered your hair with a sack and claim you are a judge.”

He was also charged with one count of publication of false news contrary to Section 208(1) of the Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29).

According to court documents, the 44-year-old, in a video circulating on social media, made the “political judge” claims, a statement “which is likely to cause fear and panic and disturb the public peace knowing the statement to be false.”

He pleaded not guilty to the two charges, and the court, presided over by His Honour Joseph Yennuban Kunsong, remanded him into the custody of the Bureau of National Intelligence (BNI) for two weeks.

His lawyers subsequently filed an application for bail at the High Court, which was granted by Justice Halima El-Lawal Abdul-Basit, in the sum of GH¢100,000 with two sureties to be justified.

Abronye DC was ordered to surrender his travelling documents to the registry of the court.

The court said he cannot travel outside the jurisdiction without its permission.

He was further ordered to report to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service once every two weeks.

Meanwhile, his lawyers have filed an application at the High Court asking the court to vary the terms of bail granted him. The application has been slated for June 4, 2026.

 

BY Gibril Abdul Razak

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