Bawumia urges Police, Attorney-General to halt prosecution over comments made against him

Former Vice-President and New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has called on the Ghana Police Service and the Attorney-General to discontinue the prosecution of an opposition activist accused of making offensive comments and publishing false information about him.

The Ghana Police Service on July 19 arrested Prince Aboagye, a 38-year-old branch organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Agona West Constituency of the Central Region, for allegedly making offensive and defamatory comments about the former vice-president on social media.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, July 22, Dr Bawumia said he had been informed of the arrest and arraignment of an organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Agona West, who is facing prosecution over alleged false publications and offensive remarks directed at him.