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The Ghana Police Service, with support from the National Signals Bureau (NSB), has detained a man, Samuel Amadotor, for allegedly publishing false information about a prominent traditional leader.
At the core of the publication is a ring of extortionists who demanded money before the videos posted on Facebook and Instagram would be removed.
The blogger, who is the editor of Dklassgh.com, a social media platform, was detained after he and others published excerpts of the Number 12 investigative documentary by journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, shot in Dubai.
The bloggers demanded money after they were approached and questioned about their reason for publishing the video, which led to the sacking of then Minister of State, Charles Adu Boahen, from the Akufo-Addo government, and his subsequent investigation by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), Kissi Agyabeng.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) released a statement in which the police announced that the suspect, Samuel Amadotor, was apprehended following a complaint lodged by Okatakye Boakye Danquah Ababio I, an Accra-based lawyer.
The complainant accused Amadotor of maliciously circulating false information about him.
According to the Police, the suspect admitted during interrogation that he authored the publication.
He is also said to have named Chairman Michael Yeboah as the individual who allegedly contracted him to produce and circulate the false content.
Police say efforts are underway to trace Yeboah to assist with the ongoing investigation.
Amadotor is currently in police custody and is expected to be arraigned today, 21 November 2025.
The statement was signed by Chief Inspector Brigitte Babanawo, Public Relations Officer for the CID.
Amedetor was arrested early on Friday morning and taken to the Signals Bureau, where he was primarily questioned about a video he had posted and later removed from his blog.
The footage was an excerpt from the Number 12 exposé and allegedly featured the former Board Chair of the National Communications Authority (NCA).
The Herald is informed that Amedetor and one other blogger were released at around 11 pm on that same Friday and told to return to the Signals Bureau the following Tuesday.
But when they reported as directed, the Signals Bureau handed him over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which subsequently transferred him to the Ministry Police Station, where he has remained in custody,
The Office of the Special Prosecutor, in October 2023, cleared former Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance, Charles Adu Boahen, of corruption and related offences after the footage emerged.
The OSP thus ordered the closure of the investigation involving Mr. Adu Boahen concerning allegations of corruption and related offences outlined in the Investigative Documentary, titled Galamsey Economy, by Tiger Eye P.1.
In a report on the investigation, the OSP stated that it can be reopened should the circumstances and further facts warrant.
The OSP notes that, at the time of the encounter, Mr Adu Boahen believed he was dealing with a real prospect with an actual investment proposal, and that his conduct therefore amounted to trading influence or influence peddling, which is closely associated with corruption.
The OSP, however, concludes that there is no criminal prohibition on influence peddling and therefore decides to close the investigations.
The OSP advocates for the passage of the Corrupt Practices Act to fully establish the prohibition of all kinds of corruption. It also urges the prompt enactment of a Public Officers Conduct Act to properly govern the behaviour of public officers.
The OSP stated that despite former Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Charles Adu Boahen, trading in influence, it is unable to prosecute him because influence peddling is not defined in Ghana as an actual corruption offence.
This, according to the OSP, is because the Office is mandated to investigate only corruption and corruption-related offences. The office has consequently called for the passage of a Corrupt Practices Act to comprehensively codify the prohibition of all forms of corruption.
The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, in his investigative findings issued on 30 October 2023, stated that the Attorney-General can handle the alleged crimes. He also announced the closure of the investigation into the allegations made against the former government appointee.
“On that reckoning, the Special Prosecutor directs the closure, at this time, of the investigation in respect of allegations of corruption and corruption-related offences involving Charles Adu Boahen contained in the investigative documentary titled Galamsey Economy published by Tiger Eye P.I. The investigation may be re-opened should the circumstances and further facts so dictate.”
This occurred months after then President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo asked the OSP to investigate the allegations against Mr Adu Boahen in the documentary titled ‘Galamsey Economy’, produced by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
According to Tiger Eye PI investigations, Mr Boahen told undercover journalists that Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia could be paid $200,000 as an appearance fee for investors. The President subsequently dismissed him, and the matter was referred to the OSP for investigation.
On 16 November 2022, the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, stated that his office had swiftly begun an investigation into Mr Adu Boahen’s actions and will publish a report based on its findings.
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