Asante Akyem North MP detained at Amsterdam Airport

The Member of Parliament for Asante Akyem North, Kwame Ohene Frimpong, has reportedly been detained at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

The development was disclosed by the Clerk to Parliament, Mr Ebenezer Djietror, in a Facebook post shared on May 12.

“It has come to the attention of Parliament that the Hon Member for Asante Akyem North Constituency, Mr Kwame Ohene Frimpong, has been detained at the Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam in the Netherlands,” the statement said.

According to the post, the Speaker of Parliament and the leadership of the House are currently engaging Ghana’s diplomatic mission in The Hague to obtain further details regarding the situation.

“The Rt Hon Speaker and the Leadership of the House are in touch with Ghana’s Mission in The Hague for detailed information on the matter. The public will be duly informed appropriately on this matter,” the statement added.

Mr Frimpong is a Ghanaian entrepreneur and politician who won the Asante Akyem North parliamentary seat as an independent candidate in the 2024 general elections, defeating incumbent MP Andy Kwame Appiah-Kubi.

He is a native of Agogo in the Ashanti Region and had his basic education at Cosmos Preparatory School in Lapaz, Accra. He later attended Aggrey Memorial A.M.E. Zion Senior High School for his secondary education.

The MP also studied at Central University before pursuing further studies at The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London in the United Kingdom.