Adenta Kumi allegedly arrested by armed men

Alfred Ababio Kumi, popularly known as Adenta Kumi, has allegedly been arrested by armed state operatives.

The arrest of the former parliamentary candidate for Adenta was confirmed by the Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah.

The arrest was reportedly carried out during a dawn raid at the house of the victim.

In a Facebook post on Friday morning, Mr. Ekow Assafuah revealed that Kumi was picked up about three hours earlier from his residence by eight armed men believed to be operatives of the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB).

According to Assafuah, six of the men were masked and wielding AK-47 rifles, while two others were in plain clothes.

“These Rambo-style actions by government continue to raise concerns that bother on free speech and good governance,” Assafuah wrote, adding the hashtag #FreeAdentaKumiNow in protest of the arrest.

It is not clear what led to the arrest of the New Patriotic Party(NPP) fellow.

It will be recalled that recently, Alfred Ababbio petitioned President John Mahama to dissolve the committee probing the removal of the chief justice.

Alfred Kumi cited allegations of misconduct in his petition, which he believes could compromise the integrity of the inquiry.

He further alleged that on May 15, 2025, after the committee’s inaugural sitting, Justices Pwamang and Adibu-Asiedu, along with Supreme Court Justice Yonni Kulendi, were seen dining with Thaddeus Sory, counsel for petitioner Daniel Ofori, at Santoku Restaurant in Accra’s Airport Residential Area.

Mr. Kumi claimed they were overheard discussing matters related to the petition at hand.