Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, counsel for Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, has expressed serious concerns over the deteriorating health of his client while in detention.
Speaking on Joy FM’s Midday News on Tuesday, May 19, Oppong Nkrumah said Abronye DC has been in custody since Wednesday, May 13, describing his current condition as “dire.”
The outspoken NPP chairman was rearrested on May 13, weeks after he was granted bail in a case involving allegations of misinformation and offensive public statements.
Oppong Nkrumah alleged that lawyers have been denied access to their client since his arrest.
“They are not allowing the lawyers access to see him since Wednesday. When you go to the BNI, they say it is a police case. When you go to the police, they send you back. It has been back and forth,” he claimed.
According to the lawyer, the only person permitted to see Abronye DC briefly was his wife, who visited him on Saturday.
“Her feedback to us is that his health is deteriorating significantly. He was already unwell and had recently travelled out of the country for treatment. His condition has worsened, and he is in a dire situation,” Oppong Nkrumah said.
The former Information Minister condemned what he described as attempts to isolate the detained politician, calling for due process and transparency.
He also criticised authorities for delays in the legal process, noting that a court order refusing bail took seven days to be made available to the defence team.
“A simple refusal of a bail application should not take seven days for the order to be drafted. It was only in the last hour after my first interview that my lawyers informed me that the court registrars had finally furnished us with a copy of the order,” he added.
Abronye DC remains in the custody of the Bureau of National Intelligence (BNI)