The Accra Circuit Court In a 10-page ruling dated Friday, the 12th day of September, 2025 has denied Kwame Baffoe alias Abronye bail. Abronye is a known politician of the opposition New Patriotic Party(NPP). Per the ruling of the Circuit Court, Abronye is remanded into NIB police custody for 5 more days as the return date of the case is the 19th of September, 2025.

His Honour Samuel Bright Acquah of Circuit Court 9, rejected the robust argumentation and prayers of Abronye’s Lawyers led by the learned Minority Leader of Parliament, Honourable Alexander Afenyo Markin who enjoyed the company of the learned former Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame and Daniel Martey Addo.

Application for bail

The learned Minority leader argued that the offence of Abronye was only a misdemeanor. He canvassed grounds of Abronye standing trial, having a fixed place of residence and others grounded under section 96 of the Criminal Offences and Procedure Act, 1960 (Act 30), seeking to cause His Honour grant self-recognizance bail to the accused Regional Party Chairman of the opposition NPP

Mugabe-Animal Farm

In his terse ruling, His Honour, Samuel Acquah demonstrated his disposition of remand to offences where an accused is said to have insulted the President. His Honour decried the culture of insults in our body politics and signaled the intention of the Court to nip same in the bud.

His Honour per his ruling at page 9 relied on the famous quote of the former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, suggesting the denial of freedom of an accused for insulting speech against the President and High Ranking public officials, though there is a guarantee of freedon to make such insulting speech. His Honour applied ‘Orwellian’ princiiples in the famous book titled "Animal Farm" to suggest to the accused that all persons are not equal and thus, an insult to the Inspector General of Police which the accused, per facts of his charge sheet is said to have done is grievous than that to an odinary citizen

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