Emmanuel Kwakye Asare, a presenter with Wontumi FM in Kumasi, has been released on bail of GH₵100,000 with two civil servant sureties after spending nearly two weeks in police custody.
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He was arrested on August 12, 2025, and charged with offensive conduct over comments made on air, in which he claimed that President John Dramani Mahama had foreknowledge of the August 6 military helicopter crash that killed eight people.
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Prosecutors opposed bail, citing ongoing investigations, but Presiding Judge Samuel Bright Acquah ruled that there was no legal justification to keep him detained, referencing precedent from similar past cases.
Kwakye Asare is expected back in court on September 1, 2025, as proceedings continue.
