Hopeson Adorye, a prominent figure in the Movement for Change, was taken into custody by the police on suspicion of setting off dynamites in the Volta Region during the 2016 General Elections.

The assertion was made by Mr. Adorye in an Accra radio interview that has since gone viral. He said that the dynamite was set off to aid the NPP in winning the 2016 elections.

He is being held at the moment, and sources say he will go before the court on Thursday.

Yaw Buaben Asamoa, a former member of parliament for the Adentan constituency and member of the Movement for Change, has claimed that Hopeson Adorye’s arrest was carried out for political reasons.

Mr. Buaben Asamoa clarified in an interview with Citi News that Mr. Adorye was taken into custody after being requested to come to the police headquarters on Wednesday.

He went on to say that he spent the entire day at the police headquarters with Mr. Adorye after Adorye was asked to make a statement.

But at 6:00 p.m., they were informed that Mr. Adorye would be placed under arrest while they awaited additional orders from above.

Mr. Buaben Asamoa thinks that Adorye’s arrest was made for political reasons. He claims that the police are awaiting orders from above, suggesting that the arrest was made for political reasons.

Furthermore, he thinks that Adorye’s arrest is an attempt to weaken the Movement for Change and silence the outspoken activist.

“Because if Hopson has been up and running and there are people who are feeling a little edgy and Jiffy about some of the things he has been saying. And this is the way of muscling him, trying to frighten the movement for change, it won’t work. I believe strongly that it’s politically motivated.”

It is anticipated that Mr. Adorye will appear in court on Thursday, while he remains under arrest. Police are looking into a case of publishing false information, but he has not yet been charged with anything.