Former Adentan Member of Parliament Yaw Buaben Asamoa has alleged that the detention of Hopeson Adorye on May 22 amounts to a political witch hunt by the administration.
Mr Adorye, who has made recent statements about setting off dynamite during the 2016 general elections in opposition areas, has faced calls for his arrest.
News of his arrest broke late on Wednesday night, with Buaben Asamoa confirming in an interview with Joy FM that Adorye was being held at the Ministries Police Station on accusations of disseminating fake information.
“Hopeson Adorye is not about to run away from Ghana or from his home because the police intend to charge him with the publication of false information.
“So, to go to the extent of keeping him all day in the police station and bringing him over to the Ministries to detain him, you point fingers backward at yourself that there is something political at play and it’s not fair,” he said.
“This is obviously politically motivated, there is no doubt about that,” he emphasized.
Followers of Hopeson Adorye and Yaw Buaben Asamoa’s party, the Movement for Change (M4C), gathered at the police station demanding Adorye’s release or the detention of all supporters present.
Adorye was reportedly detained by the police following his claim of detonating dynamites in the Volta Region during the 2016 General Elections. This allegation made during an Accra radio broadcast has since gone viral, leading to his arrest.
“Mr. Adorye will appear before the court but is now under serious investigation,” a trustworthy source informed Peacefmonline.
Hopeson Adorye disclosed details about an operation he led to prevent purported Togolese nationals from voting in the 2016 general elections.
In an interview with Onua TV on May 16, 2024, Adorye clarified that the operation involving the use of explosives occurred entirely within Togo’s borders, not Ghana’s.
He explained that he assembled a team and drove them to Togo to engage with traditional leaders of Ghanaian border areas.
The objective was to persuade them to communicate with their people to discourage them from crossing into Ghana to vote in the 2016 elections.