Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Adentan, Akosua Manu, has criticised the government's handling of the arrest of Dennis 'Miracles' Aboagye, arguing that it contrasts sharply with its response to incidents that have resulted in loss of life.

Speaking on Good Morning Ghana on Metro TV during a discussion with Sissala West MP Mohammed Adams Sukparu, Ms Manu described the GHS50 million bail granted to Mr Aboagye as "unreasonable" and "obscene". The bail requires three sureties, two of whom must justify it with properties of equivalent value.

Responding to a question about why she had brought up recent floods during the discussion, Ms Manu argued that the government's approach to accountability under its popular Reset theme lacked fairness.

"And you're asking me what is, how is flooding related to this issue?" she said.

"I'm saying that for a reset agenda obsessed with consequences, even when your own people are complicit in it, let us see the fairness and objectivity of this leadership in ensuring that persons who renege on their core mandates, which leads to the loss of lives, are also charged. Let us see that."

She also referred to people who died while queueing for jobs, questioning why no one had been prosecuted. 

"Let us see the value placed on human lives when people go and queue for jobs on the back end of a 24 economy that doesn't produce jobs and they die in the process. We haven't seen anybody charged, we haven't seen any convictions for that," she asserted.

While it is not clear what event she was referring to, at least six people lost their lives in a stampede at the El Wak stadium in Accra during a recent Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) recruitment exercise, with scores others severely injured.

"Because it wasn't any big person's kid? Because they didn't matter?" she quizzed.

Ms Manu further criticised the government's response to the June 29 floods, saying many families and business owners had suffered devastating losses.

"The floods, you know how many families are - beyond the human lives you can't place value on - do you know how many lives have been reset? People's businesses, capital washed away. Families are grieving, business owners are crying. And what have you done? Thrown GHS300 million to it like you did back in 2015 by telling the minister to release funds for storm drains," she said.

She concluded by alleging that there was a recurring pattern in the government's handling of such cases when individuals involved are of the opposition, while there is no accountability for current government officials.

"I'm saying there's a pattern. The pattern is you arrest and you give unreasonable, obscene bail conditions," she said.