Ms. Shalimar Abbiusi, the spokesperson for “The New Force,” is purportedly under arrest by the National Investigations Bureau (NIB).

Over the past few weeks, massive billboards promoting “The New Force” have appeared in Ghana.

The group claims that Ms. Abbiusi was called in for a meeting on Monday, December 4, 2023, and hasn’t been let out since. They added that Ms. Abbiusi has been questioned by security personnel about “The New Force” on several occasions in an effort to find the people responsible for the movement.

“As we have now found out, Ms. Abbiusi has been kept continuously in custody by the officers of the National Investigations Bureau, formerly the BNI,” the New Force stated in a statement. The security personnel have been questioning Ms. Abbiusi nonstop over the past four days regarding the New Force, inquiring as to who is behind it and whether any of the members wish to run for president.

“Further, over this period, she has been denied access to legal representation, subjected to an unlawful search of her premises, and held beyond the legal 48-hour limit without formal charges. Further, despite the objections of Ms Abbiusi’s lawyers, her apartment was broken into without a warrant and the place ransacked. Yet not a single element of incriminating evidence was found against her.”