Clement Opoku Gyamfi, the lawyer for Alfred Ababio Kumi, also known as Adenta Kumi, has stated that his client has been charged with publication of false news by the National Investigations Bureau (NIB).
He confirmed this on Asempa FM’s ‘Eko Sii Sen’ programme on Friday, May 23.
Mr Kumi was arrested by NIB operatives on Friday, an arrest the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has officially condemned and accused the NDC government of intimidating opposition elements.
According to the lawyer, his client was interrogated by NIB officials in his presence and that his arrest has to do with some comments he made in media interviews and on his X account, as well as a petition he reportedly forwarded to the presidency regarding the committee set up to probe the possible removal of the Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkonoo.
The lawyer confirmed that his client’s caution statement has been taken, while he has also officially put in a bail application awaiting response from the NIB.
He says he expects that his client would be granted bail since the matter at stake warrants a bail and is merely a misdemeanor.
The arrest of Mr Kumi comes shortly after he submitted a petition to President John Mahama, calling for the dissolution of a committee investigating the removal of the Chief Justice.
Kumi, a former New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary aspirant in Adentan, alleged misconduct on the part of the committee members that, he claimed, could compromise the credibility of their inquiry.
In his petition, Kumi accused Justices Pwamang, Adibu-Asiedu, and Supreme Court Justice Yonni Kulendi of meeting with Thaddeus Sory—legal counsel for the petitioner Daniel Ofori—at Santoku Restaurant in Accra’s Airport Residential Area after the committee’s first hearing on May 15, 2025.
Kumi claims the judges were overheard discussing issues related to the petition during the dinner.
A video of the supposed meeting has since gone viral online with many questioning the credibility of the content.
Meanwhile, the General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Justin Frimpong Kodua, has claimed that the wife of Alfred Ababio Kumi suffered a miscarriage following a dramatic dawn raid by state security operatives during his arrest.
