The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced plans to embark on a mass protest, dubbed “Yen Suro Ahunahuna” (loosely translated as “We are not afraid of intimidation”), on Tuesday, September 23, 2025.
According to the party, the demonstration is a response to what it describes as politically motivated harassment, intimidation, and the abuse of state institutions against its members.
At a press conference in Accra, NPP National Youth Organiser, Salam Mustapha, accused the government of applying double standards in law enforcement. He argued that while opposition members are often denied bail and subjected to prolonged remands, government officials facing similar or even more serious allegations receive lenient treatment.
Mr. Mustapha cited the arrest and detention of the party’s Bono Regional Chairman, Kwame Baffoe (Abronye DC), and alleged harassment of the Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi), alongside several pro-NPP social media activists, as key triggers for the protest.
He further warned that Ghana is “slipping into an era of repression reminiscent of the country’s authoritarian past,” accusing President John Dramani Mahama and the ruling NDC of reintroducing the “culture of silence” that once suppressed free speech and political pluralism.
“The selective application of justice is undermining the very foundations of our democracy,” he added.
The NPP says the protest will draw thousands of party members, sympathizers, and civil society allies, who will take to the streets to demand an end to what they describe as a shrinking democratic space in Ghana.
