Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the minority leader in parliament, has warned Ghana’s political class, particularly the two leading parties, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The minority leader asserted that there may be an unexpected political shift soon, where the youth of Ghana will soon reject both the NPP and the NDC.
Afenyo-Markin highlighted that social media has made it easier for young people to mobilise against the two leading parties if they feel continuously betrayed.
Speaking at UniMAC Political Strategy Lab, organised by level 400 Political Marketing students, held on Saturday, September 13, 2025, Afenyo-Markin stated, “This is a warning to those of us who are in political leadership”.
“The way social media is operating now, if care is not taken and the youths lose trust in the two political parties, they will take over, and we’ll find ourselves in this hole.”
“They will not listen to you because you have told them that there is no need for due process,” he cautioned.
Afenyo-Markin urged his colleagues in politics to focus on governance and not to fall into a vicious cycle of you do me, I do you.
He added, “And those, my colleagues in politics, who have ears should hear me and hear me well. It may be faster than we think if we don’t sit up to focus on governance. Otherwise, we will repeat this vicious cycle of you do me, I do you.”
“One day, the youth will get up and say, you these two people, NPP, NDC, we realise that you are not serious.
So when we vote for you, you come, then you misbehave, then you go, then another will come. We are tired of you,” the minority leader added.
In related news, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has condemned the continuous detention of Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC.
Afenyo-Markin expressed worry about what he called two types of Ghana, one for the NDC and the other for the NPP.
Speaking to the media at the Accra Circuit Court on September 12, Afenyo-Markin stated, “The police invited him on Monday, September 8. He responded to the invitation, went with his lawyers, and submitted himself to interrogations. Within an hour of interrogations, he was whisked into NIB custody”.
“Why would the police, investigating a matter and having their own cells, decide to send a citizen who is being investigated on a matter which is a misdemeanour into NIB custody?” he questioned.
He further explained, “Our checks at the NIB confirm that the NIB is not interrogating Abronye. Neither are they investigating him. According to the NIB, they are only the recipient of the man Abronye. In other words, the police sent him there so that they could keep him. That is why they received him. But they are not the ones who are investigating”.
“So the question is, why would the Ghana Police Service claim to be investigating a person and rather decide to send him to NIB cells? Is it to punish him or what?”
The minority leader added, “They kept him the whole of the night, and on Tuesday morning, being the 9th, he was brought to court.
“When they brought him to court, the police insisted that they still needed him for further investigation; therefore, they wanted him to be remanded into lawful custody. Of course, the judge upheld the application and remanded Abronye to be brought to court today.
He emphasised, “That is why I say there are two types of Ghana, one for the NDC and the other for the NPP”.
Afenyo-Markin called on the government and the Police Service to put an end to such practices, “Let us build one Ghana for all, not two Ghanas for political convenience,” he concluded.
Also, Godfred Yeboah Dame, the former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, has fired the John Mahama-led government following the detention of the Bono Regional Chairman of the NPP, Kwame Baffoe, commonly known as Abronye DC.
Dame highlighted that even Ato Forson, Collins Dauda and Richard Jakpa got self-recognition bail when he was the Attorney General.
According to Dame, Abronye should have been granted bail because the allegations against him are a misdemeanour.
He asserted that the level of intolerance of the Mahama administration is very reprehensible.