We did not vote for this kind of governance, and I cannot be part of it: Martin Kpebu Warns of Tyranny and Calls for Resistance Over Abronye’s Detention

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Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has sharply criticized the continued detention of Bono Regional New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye. Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen following the Accra Circuit Court’s recent decision to remand Abronye yet again, Kpebu declared that holding someone on a misdemeanour charge without bail for two weeks is unlawful and undermines justice in Ghana.

Kpebu explained that the charge against Abronye—offensive conduct conducive to the breach of public peace—is among the lowest offences under Ghanaian law, typically punishable by a fine or a short custodial sentence at most. “With such a charge, he should not be in custody for two weeks,” he emphasized.

Highlighting Section 96 of Ghana’s Criminal Procedure laws, Kpebu urged judges to weigh factors such as family ties and business interests before denying bail. He cautioned that denying bail in a misdemeanour case sets a dangerous precedent. “If in a misdemeanour case Abronye cannot secure bail, then the verdict on my own Kpebu Number 2 case from 2016 is void and useless,” he stated. “As citizens, we must get up and resist this, or it will lead to tyranny.”

Kpebu called on the police to return to court on the upcoming Monday to conclude investigations and pave the way for bail. Should that not happen, he urged Abronye’s legal team to seek redress at the Human Rights Court, warning that the current course threatens democracy itself.

The detained Bono Regional NPP chair was first remanded following his arrest on September 8 for comments deemed offensive to public peace. Despite pleas by his lawyers, including Minority Leader Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, the court rejected his bail application. Abronye is set to appear again in court on September 19.

Kpebu’s impassioned defense of due process in this case has sparked a wider debate on justice and governance in Ghana, captured poignantly by his declaration: “We did not vote for this kind of governance, and I cannot be part of it.”