Razak Avoliya, the Suame Constituency National Democratic Congress (NDC) youth leader, was granted GHS 50,000 bail with two sureties by the Asokwa Circuit court on Tuesday, February 14, according to TV3's Willaim Evans-Nkum.
He had previously been denied bail after being arrested for alleged hate speech. The prosecution, ACP Kofi Blagodzie, asked the court for extra time to complete the investigations.
He said that Razak Avoliya's release might lead to unrest because of the extent of his 'hate speech' on Sunday, when he offered a local media house interview during an event.
The presiding judge, Fred Obikyere was convinced, despite defense’s plea for bail application.
Mr Evans Amankwah, his lawyer, claimed after he was denied bail that Razak meant anything he said, which culminated in his detention.
Following an inquiry into a viral video in which he reportedly incited political violence ahead of the upcoming general elections, the police detained him.
Razak went to the Central Police Command in Kumasi with his lawyer, several regional party leaders, and sympathisers.
His lawyer told journalists on Wednesday, February 8 that "They charged him with offensive conduct and we were to go to court but unfortunately, after the statement, we realised that time has far been spent so we agreed to go to court [Thursday].
"We will cooperate with the law, we are not perturbed about the detention of our brother here, he will be in the cell till [Thursday]. He is not worried, he meant what he said, he is not in any way perturbed about it but he has no intention of destabilizing the peace of this nation, that is not his intention.
"He was encouraging the people of Suame constituency to fortify themselves in the 2024 elections because anything can happen, for that matter, they should be prepared to defend themselves, that is exactly what he said. So anything apart from that is a misinterpretation of his words in the video."