Ohene Kwame Frimpong
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Asante Akyem North, Ohene Kwame Frimpong, is expected to appear before a court in the Netherlands tomorrow.
This follows his arrest at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam on May 10, 2026, while transiting to the United Kingdom on a KLM flight from Accra.
According to Accra-based Citi FM, his legal team has indicated that the MP will challenge the legality of his arrest and subsequent detention when he appears in court.
Mr. Frimpong was detained following an arrest warrant issued by the United States on April 26, 2026.
The MP’s legal team indicated that the warrant was linked to an investigation involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Although the FBI has not officially disclosed the offences involved, reports have linked the MP to romance scams and money laundering activities.
The Majority Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, however, dismissed reports suggesting that the MP was travelling to the United States on a Delta Air Lines flight, describing such claims as inaccurate.
“The Honourable Member was not travelling to the US on Delta Air Lines on Friday. He was on a private visit to the United Kingdom. His wife and children live in London, so he frequently travels there,” he clarified.
He recounted that the MP departed Accra on Saturday evening aboard a KLM flight and arrived at Schiphol Airport around 5:00 a.m. on Sunday. During transit procedures, he was reportedly stopped, questioned, and later detained by security operatives around 6:30 a.m.
The Majority Chief Whip said Parliament had since moved swiftly to secure legal representation for the detained lawmaker.
He revealed that a Ghanaian lawyer based in The Hague, Joe Appiah, had been engaged in consultation with Ghana’s Ambassador to the Netherlands to handle the matter.
“A private lawyer has been procured for him in the person of Joe Appiah. And he has told us the MP hasn’t been harmed, and he is doing well,” Mr. Dafeamekpor stated.
He further disclosed that he had personally asked the MP whether he had engaged in any activity that could have attracted the FBI’s attention, to which the legislator reportedly responded in the negative.
“I asked him whether he had done anything to warrant the FBI’s attention, and he said no,” he added.
Meanwhile, Parliament on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, officially confirmed the detention in a statement signed by the Clerk to Parliament, Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror.
The statement indicated that the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, had been briefed on the development and that the leadership of the House was working closely with Ghana’s Mission in the Netherlands to obtain full details surrounding the incident.
By Florence Asamoah-Adom