Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, lawyer for the Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye, has raised concerns about his client’s health and the conditions under which he is being detained.
Speaking in an interview on May 19, Oppong Nkrumah said Abronye DC has been in custody since Wednesday, May 13, and described his condition as “dire”.
He also claimed that lawyers have not been allowed to see Abronye DC while he remains in the custody of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI).
“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 Oppong Nkrumah, the only person who has been allowed to briefly see Abronye DC 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 alleged.
Abronye DC was rearrested on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, just weeks after he had earlier been granted bail over allegations of spreading misinformation and making offensive public comments.
Oppong Nkrumah criticised what he described as efforts to isolate the detained politician and silence opposing views.
He called for fairness, transparency and due process in the handling of the case.
He also accused authorities of delaying the legal process, claiming that it took seven days for the defence team to receive a copy of the court order denying bail.
“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 said.
