Police Arrest Hopeson Adorye Over 2016 Election Violence Claim, Says He Dentonated Dynamite In Volta

• Hopeson Adorye has been arrested following his claim that he was part of a voter intimidation plot during the 2016 elections
• The arrest follows an interview he gave on Accra FM on May 10, in which he claimed to have been involved in an NPP plot
• Courage Nobi, the Movement for Change's Deputy Director of Communication, told YEN.com.gh that the arrest was politically motivated

Movement for Change member Hopeson Adorye has been arrested following his claim that he detonated dynamite in the Volta Region during the 2016 elections.

According to Joy News, Adorye is in police custody, assisting with investigations.

Adorye was arrested on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, according to the reports.

The arrest is linked to an interview he gave to Accra FM on May 10, where he claimed to have been part of a plot to detonate dynamites to scare voters in the stronghold of the National Democratic Congress and help the New Patriotic Party.

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In the interview, Adorye, who was an NPP member, claimed his former party was behind the 2016 plot.

"Prior to the elections, we blasted dynamite in parts of the Volta Region, and that scared a number of people," he is quoted to have said.

Courage Nobi, the Movement for Change's Deputy Director of Communication, told YEN.com.gh that the arrest was politically motivated.

“It is an attempt to intimidate the Movement for Change and other opposition elements into silence,” he noted.

Adorye is a former member of the New Patriotic Party who was expelled, along with Yaw Buaben Asamoah, Nana Ohene Ntow, and Boniface Abubakar Siddique, on Monday, November 20, 2023, after supporting Alan Kyerematen.

Adorye notably predicted mass resignations within the NPP ahead of the 2024 elections amid claims that over 5 million individuals are poised to express their support for Alan Kyerematen's movement for change.

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Ohene Ntow says he's unfazed by expulsion

YEN.com.gh reported in a previous story that Nana Ohene Ntow is nonchalant about his expulsion from the party for supporting John Alan Kyerematen.

Ohene Ntow, familiar with party rules, states the NPP constitution has not been breached in the decision taken by the party, but he has also not done anything untoward.

Despite his past leadership roles, Ohene Ntow claims he has felt ostracised within the party for the past 13 years.

Source: YEN.com.gh