Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, has criticised the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) over what he describes as its silence on alleged attacks against a judge by Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin.
According to Mr Kwakye Ofosu, the GBA has failed to respond to the Minority Leader’s comments because the association operates as a group aligned with the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
His remarks follow criticisms by Mr Afenyo-Markin over the detention of the Bono Regional Chairman of the NPP, Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC.
Addressing a press conference on Sunday, May 17, 2026, the Minority Leader argued that the continued remand of Abronye DC raises serious constitutional concerns.
He described aspects of the legal process as inconsistent with constitutional protections relating to bail and freedom of expression.
“That Circuit Court 9 judge, I have no respect for him. I pray he summons me for contempt. I will continue to disrespect him until he upholds the law. It’s a shame on the judiciary, he doesn’t talk law,” Afenyo-Markin said, while lashing out at the presiding judge in the Abronye DC case.
Reacting to this, in a Facebook post on Monday, May 18, Mr Kwakye Ofosu accused the GBA of failing to call the Minority Leader to order because he is “one of their own.”
“I have long dismissed the Ghana Bar Association as an NPP grouping. If it were not so, the intolerable abuse of this Judge by the Minority Leader would have elicited an immediate, uncompromising response. They have been known to respond quickly to far less offensive commentary by non-NPP members,” he asserted.
He further alleged that the association had previously reacted swiftly to less offensive comments made by persons outside the NPP.
“Alas, one of their own, an NPP lawyer, has abused a judge, so they have been loudly silent. What insufferable duplicity! See less,” he added.
Abronye DC was remanded for two weeks on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in connection with ongoing investigations into alleged misinformation and offensive public statements.
He was initially arrested on Monday, April 13, over allegations of offensive conduct, false publication and statements likely to incite fear and panic.
Although he was later granted bail while investigations continued, he was subsequently rearrested as authorities intensified their probe.
The NPP has since raised concerns over his detention, insisting that the process raises constitutional questions.
