Nana Ama Owusu, mom of former NPP parliamentary aspirant for Adentan, Alfred Ababio Kumi popularly referred to as Adenta Kumi has shared a chilling account of her son’s arrest by eight armed people believed to be operatives from the Nationwide Intelligence Bureau (NIB).
Mr Kumi was reportedly apprehended within the early night of Friday, twenty third Could, at his residence in Adenta.
In line with Madam Owusu, the closely armed officers arrived round 5:30 pm and insisted on taking her son in for questioning.
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She acknowledged that on the time of their arrival, Mr Kumi was within the bathe and requested a second to organize himself. Nevertheless, the officers allegedly compelled their approach into his room.
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Talking in an interview with Asaase FM, she recounted:
NIB officials stormed the residence. He informed them he was taking a shower, however they broke the door. There have been eight males wielding weapons. They mentioned they wished to ask him some questions, so that they took him.
She added:
They arrived round 5:30 and by 6:00 they’d taken him away. Since then, I haven’t heard from him. They broke the door with a gun.
The incident has sparked widespread criticism, together with condemnation from a number of senior members of the New Patriotic Occasion (NPP). The occasion’s Common Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong, took to Fb, writing:
ALL PATRIOTS SHOULD RUSH TO ADENTA KUMI’S HOUSE. OVER 20 C.I.D AND NS OFFICERS ARE THERE TO PICK HIM UP.
Equally, the Member of Parliament for Outdated Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, commented:
About 3 hours in the past, Alfred Ababio Kumi, popularly referred to as Adenta Kumi, was picked up at his residence by eight armed males believed to be officers of the Nationwide Intelligence Bureau. Six of the AK-47-wielding males had been in masks. These Rambo-style actions by authorities proceed to lift issues that border on free speech and good governance. #FreeAdentaKumiNow.
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In the meantime, rising stories recommend that the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP, Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly referred to as Chairman Wontumi has additionally been picked up by security officials. Extra particulars to observe.