Residents of Asante Akyem North held a candlelight vigil on Monday, pleading with President John Dramani Mahama to help bring their MP, Ohene Kwame Frimpong, home after six months in Dutch detention. Dressed in red and black and holding lit candles, the constituents said Frimpong, popularly known as OK Frimpong, is fighting a United States extradition request while held in the Netherlands. A spokesperson for the residents said they were “on our knees, begging the president to intervene,” urging NDC chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketia to raise their concerns with the presidency. Frimpong, a first-term independent lawmaker who won the seat in December 2024, was arrested on arrival at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on Sunday, May 10, 2026. The arrest followed a US extradition warrant connected to alleged romance scams and money laundering, charges Frimpong denies. In Parliament, Majority Chief Whip Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor said Dutch courts rejected Frimpong’s request for bail and his appeal against that decision. Dafeamekpor said the substantive extradition case is set to be heard on Wednesday, November 18, 2026, with the MP still in Dutch custody. Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and parliamentary leadership have engaged the Ghana embassy in The Hague to provide consular support and to visit Frimpong in custody. Majority Leader James Agalga said the Asante Akyem North seat will not be declared vacant because Frimpong has not been convicted of an offence. Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu warned that a 2008 Court of Appeal precedent on missing 15 sittings without the Speaker’s written permission could put the seat at risk. Frimpong remains in Dutch custody, with his bail efforts denied by Dutch courts and the next extradition hearing scheduled for November 18, 2026.