The Ghana Police Service says investigations into social media personality Barbara Asantewaa Kodua, popularly known as “Ghana Jollof”, have identified individuals suspected of financially supporting her online activities.
Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), COP Lydia Donkor, disclosed this at a press briefing on September 18, 2026, as she provided an update on major cases under investigation.
According to COP Donkor, forensic examination of the mobile phone of nurse Salomey Awiti Bafoh, who has been charged with abetment of crime, including the publication of false news, uncovered mobile money transactions involving what the police described as “highly influential persons in society”.
She said the transactions indicated that significant sums of money had been transferred to Ms Awiti Bafoh, who allegedly shared portions of the funds with Asantewaa Kodua.
“It will interest you 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,” COP Donkor said.
The CID Director-General said investigations had also established financial arrangements between the two women, with Ms Asantewaa Kodua, who is domiciled in the United Kingdom, allegedly remitting money to Ms Awiti Bafoh in Ghana.
Ms Awiti-Bafo is then alleged to have distributed portions of the funds to other individuals involved in redistributing and circulating videos produced by Ms Asantewaa Kodua on various social media platforms.
COP Donkor said forensic analysis of audio and video files, phone records and mobile money transactions had formed part of the evidence being gathered by investigators.
She said the police had also retrieved voice records and transcripts which would be presented as evidence in court.
Ms Awiti Bafoh was put before court following a joint investigation involving the Ghana Police Service and the National Signal Bureau.
She was remanded into police custody to assist investigations and is expected to reappear on September 30, 2026.
The police said investigations were continuing to identify and locate other persons allegedly involved in the redistribution of the videos, as well as those suspected of providing financial support.
COP Donkor urged the public to exercise caution in their online activities, noting that conduct and publications that contravene the Electronic Transactions Act, 2008 (Act 772), and the Criminal and Other Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), could constitute criminal offences.
The police, she added, would continue working with relevant stakeholders and the public to maintain law and order while providing updates on major cases under investigation.
