{
  "id": 8223483,
  "title": "Bawumia condemns remand of Techiman nurse, demands her release over free speech concerns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/bawumia-condemns-remand-of-techiman-nurse-demands-her-release-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T10:00:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/bawumia-condemns-remand-of-techiman-nurse-demands-her-release-over-free-speech-concerns/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has expressed his disapproval of the remand of Techiman nurse Salomey Awiti Bafoh by the Adentan Circuit Court. Bafoh, a 40-year-old senior nursing officer and mother of three, was arrested and remanded into police custody for two weeks following her alleged involvement in the publication and circulation of false news on social media. Bawumia condemned the arrest as \"very worrying\" and warned against what he perceives as an infringement on citizens' right to free expression. He emphasized that Ghana's intelligence agencies should not pursue citizens merely for insulting public officials and urged political actors to maintain decorum, arguing that transformative ideas for Ghana would not emerge from such an environment.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "Bawumia calls for release of nurse detained over alleged false news",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/bawumia-calls-for-release-of-nurse-detained-over-alleged-false-news",
        "published": "2026-09-18T08:42:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "I have always disavowed politics of insults, but free speech must be protected – Bawumia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/i-have-always-disavowed-politics-of-insults-but-free-speech-must-be",
        "published": "2026-09-18T11:58:46.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}