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The Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG), is deeply concerned about the arrest and unlawful detention of Ernest Owusu Bempah a Ghanaian journalist for allegedly mentioning the first lady as a beneficiary of $5 million from Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome, the N.D.C. financier at the centre of the �Woyomegate scandal�. For AFAG, not only does the arrest and unlawful detention constitute an assault on the right to free expression guaranteed under the 1992 Republican Constitution but, it also raises serious questions on the tolerance level of the Prof. Mills led government. It is also important to place on record that, in all of these, AFAG smells a grand design hatched by the Mills� led government to intimidate and ultimately cow Ghanaians especially the press into submission ahead of the 2012 general elections. AFAG is equally appalled by the unprofessional conduct of the Bureau of National Investigation (B.N.I) in dealing with the matter at hand. Like all lovers of freedom, we are scandalized by the reasons which informed the B.N.I. to whisk Owusu Bempah from the BNI office to an unknown destination without the knowledge of his team of lawyers. This defies due process and must be condemned in no uncertain terms. Finally, AFAG is of the view that, Ghanaians do not enjoy their freedoms at the pleasure of any individual including the President or members of his family. To this end, we will continuously push for the enjoyment of the right of �freedom and justice� by all Ghanaians. Thank You. Signed Davis Opoku Ansah (Dep Director of Operations): 0244861593 Bright Acheampong (Dep General Sec): 0545230621 Kwaku Ohene Djan (Dep Gen. Sec.) 0243372125