BY Issah Olegor
NPP National Women’s Organiser aspirant, Hon. Hawa Koomson, has called on President John Dramani Mahama and the country’s security leadership to ensure that detained nurse Salomey Baffoe, 40, is granted bail to enable her return home to her three children while investigations into the case continue.
In a press statement issued on September 17, 2026, Madam Koomson said she was making the appeal “as a woman, a mother and a sister,” expressing concern over the circumstances surrounding the nurse’s arrest and subsequent remand.
According to the statement, Salomey was taken from her home at Hansua in Techiman shortly before midnight on Sunday, September 13, leaving her family searching for information about her whereabouts.
Hawa Koomson explain that for two days following the incident, the family searched for the nurse while the police and regional National Security officials reportedly said they had no knowledge of her detention.
She said it had subsequently emerged that the state had been holding Salomey and that she was brought before the Adenta Circuit Court, where she was remanded.
Concerns Over 48-Hour Detention Period
A major concern raised in the statement relates to the length of time between the nurse’s arrest and her appearance before court.
Madam Koomson cited the constitutional 48-hour requirement governing detention before a person is brought before a court and argued that Salomey had been held beyond that period.
She also referred to claims by the nurse’s lawyer that the prosecution had accused Salomey of conspiring with the anonymous social media personality known as “Ghana Jollof” to overthrow the government.
The statement further alleged that the charge sheet had not been served on the defence before the court proceedings.
These matters remain subject to the ongoing court process and the competing positions of the prosecution and defence.
“A Mother’s Freedom Must Not Be Gambled Away”
Madam Koomson placed particular emphasis on Salomey’s role as a mother and healthcare worker.
She said the detained woman spends her working days caring for sick people at Abrafi Hospital but was instead taken from her home at night and separated from her family.
Her three children, she noted, have remained in Techiman without their mother.
“No child in Ghana should go to bed wondering where their mother is,” she said in the statement.
Madam Koomson stressed that her intervention should not be interpreted as a demand for anyone to be placed above the law.
“I am not asking that anyone be placed above the law,” she said, adding that if the state has evidence against Salomey, that evidence should be presented “openly and fairly.”
She argued that suspicion should not be treated as evidence and expressed concern about the circumstances in which women could become caught up in investigations linked to the anonymous Ghana Jollof account.
Appeal Directly to Mahama
The NPP women’s organiser aspirant appealed directly to President Mahama to intervene by directing the country’s security leadership to address the matter.
She called on the President to direct the Minister for National Security, National Security Coordinator, Director-General of the National Investigations Bureau and Inspector-General of Police to take four specific steps.
First, she called for Salomey to be granted bail so that she could return home to her children while investigations continue.
Second, she demanded an explanation from the authorities over why the nurse was allegedly held beyond the 48-hour period she cited.
Third, she called for Salomey’s family and lawyers to be given full and regular access to her.
Finally, she urged the authorities to end what she described as night-time arrests of women and the circulation of photographs of individuals based merely on suspicion.
Reference to Efya Royal
Madam Koomson also referred to the earlier case involving Efya Royal, linking it to what she described as a wider concern about women being caught up in the search for the person behind the Ghana Jollof account.
“Earlier this month it was Efya Royal. Today it is Salomey. Ghanaian women deserve to know which of us will be next,” she said.
GRNMA Commended
Madam Koomson also commended the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) for supporting its detained member.
The association previously intervened in the case by engaging the Police CID Headquarters and seeking clarification over Salomey’s arrest, detention and welfare.
Madam Koomson extended her solidarity to the nurse’s husband, mother and children, assuring them that women across the country were concerned about the case.
She pledged that the issue would continue to receive attention until Salomey returned home.
