Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has raised serious concerns about the treatment of broadcaster and former GACL Board Chair Paul Adom-Otchere, following his arrest and continued detention by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
In a Facebook post, the lawmaker stressed the importance of fairness and proportionality in the exercise of state power, particularly when it involves matters of corruption and criminal investigations.
While reaffirming his respect for the OSP’s mandate to combat corruption, Mr. Assafuah questioned the basis on which Mr. Adom-Otchere is being detained.
“The detention of Mr. Paul Adom-Otchere over his inability to present two landed properties as part of his bail conditions raises legitimate legal and ethical questions,” he wrote.
He emphasized that bail is not meant to be punitive, but a tool to ensure that an accused person appears in court. The idea that freedom should depend on one’s ability to present landed property, he argued, is problematic in a country where many hardworking professionals do not own property outright.
“Are we setting a precedent where property ownership becomes the gateway to freedom?” he asked. “This standard appears both exclusionary and ungrounded in equitable justice.”
