8 Armed Men, Door Breaking: Blow By Blow Account Of Alfred Kumi’s Arrest As narrated by his mother

Nana Ama Owusu, the mother of Alfred Ababio Kumi, a former NPP parliamentary aspirant for Adenta, has confirmed that her son has been arrested by individuals believed to be officials from the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB).

Alfred Kumi, who is currently involved in a petition to President John Dramani Mahama, seeking the dissolution of the committee investigating the removal of the Chief Justice over an alleged secret meeting, shared a post on his social media that he was receiving threats from national security operatives.

Confirming the incident in an interview with Asaase Radio on Friday, May 23, 2025, Nana Ama Owusu recounted that the officials arrived at their residence to carry out the arrest of her son.

She stated that the officials forcibly broke down his door after he informed them that he was preparing to wash up.

“NIB officials came to our house. He was bathing when they broke down his door which is now destroyed. The residence is two apartments and I live on the same compound with him,” she said.

Nana Ama Owusu, who appeared visibly shaken by the experience, further disclosed that the officials, numbering eight, arrived armed and in possession of documents she believed to be arrest warrants authorising them to detain her son.

“They [officials] were 8 in number who came to the house wielding guns. They [officials] came along with a document which I didn’t get the opportunity to see claiming it’s a warrant and identifying themselves as NIB. When they came, they said they wanted to have a conversation with my son only for them to arrest him and take him away. They arrived at the house around 5:30am and picked him up around 6 am,” she continued.

Also known as Adenta Kumi, his mother added that she has not heard from her son since he was taken away by the officials in the early hours of Friday.

“I haven’t heard from him since they took him away so I’m heading there right away. My son told the officials to give him some time to dress up since he was bathing but they did not allow him, breaking down his door with their gun.”

In a Facebook post on Friday morning, the Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent 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).

Alfred Kumi, in his petition, cited allegations of misconduct which he believes could undermine the integrity of the inquiry being conducted by the Pwamang Committee into the removal of the Chief Justice.

Kumi 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.

He claimed they were overheard discussing matters related to the petition.

Source: Ghanaweb