I'm deeply concerned about the alarming trend of political intimidation, arbitrary arrests & weaponization of prolonged remand - Ahafo Ano South West MP

I’m deeply concerned about the alarming trend of political intimidation, arbitrary arrests & weaponization of prolonged remand – Ahafo Ano South West MP

August 13, 2026 Published by:Isaac Amoah

By:tntnewspaprgh.com

The Member of Parliament for Ahafo Ano South-West constituency in the Ashanti Region, Mr Elvis Osei Mensah Dapaah has stated that f𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲; 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱. 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝟮𝟭(𝟭)(𝗮) 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗮, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 “𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮.”.

According to him,𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝟭𝟲𝟮(𝟭) 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 “𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗯𝘆 𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗱,” 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝟭𝟲𝟮(𝟰) 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 “𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀, 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.”

Hon.Elvis Osei Mensah Dapaah

𝗔𝘀 𝗮 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱. 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲-𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝟭𝟰(𝟭) 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲—𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲-𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻”.,he noted.

The MP, who’s popularly known as “Okumkom,” in the political space, expressed concern on his Facebook page.
Mr.Dapaah pointed out that a 𝘃𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿.
According to him,t𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗚𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗮𝗻, 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. “𝗪𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺” he maintained. .