The Ghana Police Service has arrested a nurse named Salomey Awiti Bafoh for allegedly aiding and abetting Babara Asantewaa Kodua, popularly known as Ghana Jollof, who is accused of publishing false news and offensive content on TikTok.

According to the police, they have been monitoring a TikTok account under the name "Ghana Jollof" used to issue offensive and inciteful comments as well as publish false news likely to cause fear and alarm.

"As part of continuous efforts to clamp down on illicit online activities, the Ghana Police Service has, for some time now, observed a TikTok account under the name Ghana Jollof which has been used to issue offensive and inciteful comments as well as to publish false news which is likely to cause fear and alarm. Police intelligence revealed the identity of the account owner to be Babara Asantewaa Kodua believed to be domiciled in the United Kingdom.

"Over a period of time, Babara Asantewaa Kodua has used her social media platform to produce and publish videos containing offensive and inciteful statements through the potential to provoke violence...In one of the videos under investigation, the suspect Babara Asantewaa Kodua falsely made the claim that there was a near coup d'état in the Jubilee House amongst other things," the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department(CID) of the Ghana Police Service, Lydia Yaako Donkor briefed the nation in a press conference today.

Examination of her phone, the police said,confirmed that the nurse, Salomey, had been receiving funds from some high-profile persons in the country to facilitate the activities of the said Ghana Jollof.

"Investigations identified Salomey Awiti Bafoh, a nurse residing at Techiman, as an individual aiding and abeting Babara Asantewaa Kodua, alias Ghana Jollof. Investigations have so far established that Salomey Awiti Bafoh assisted in the dissemination of the videos produced by Babara Asantewaa Kodua by recruiting other persons to redistribute and circulate the materials through various social media platforms.

"Further investigations have proven, through the examination of her phone and its content, that the two have been friends. Similarly, the Police are also in possession of audio interviews admiting the relationship between the two. Forensic examination of audio and video files on the mobile devices in custody as well as mobile money transaction records indicates that highly influential persons in society have transferred significant sums of money to the suspect, Salomey Awiti, who in turn shares them with Ghana Jollof."

The CID boss disclosed that they are in possession of the identities of the highly influential people who are behind the Ghana Jollof and aiding her to continue her indiscreet behavior, emphasising it will interest the nation to "know that the Police also know all those including high-profile persons within our society who are funding them through information retrieved from her phones. Forensic analysis of voices and other details of thorough investigations of her abeting the various acts have retrieved from her phone records and transcripts made of them, all of which will be tendered in evidence in court".

Salomey Awiti Bafoh was arrested on September 17, 2026, through collaborative efforts of the National Signals Bureau and the Ghana Police Service.

She was put before court on a charge of abetment of crime to wit publication of false news and has been remanded into police custody to reappear on September 30, 2026.

The police say investigations are continuing to identify other persons involved in redistributing the videos and their financiers.

The Service cautioned the public that acts contrary to the Electronic Transactions Act, 2008 (Act 772) and the Criminal and Other Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) constitute criminal offences, hence called for circumspection in public discourse, especially online.