I have seen the evidence against Salomey and I can say it is quite heavy- Kwakye Ofosu

Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Minister of State for Government Communications, has commented on the arrest of senior nursing officer Salomey Awiti Baffoe. According to Adom Online and MyJoyOnline Ghana, Ms Baffoe was arrested and remanded in connection with the alleged publication and circulation of false news through the “Ghana Jollof” TikTok account.

Ms Baffoe, 40, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of abetment of crime, specifically publication of false news, under Sections 20(1) and 208 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29). The prosecution alleges that she acted as a liaison for Barbara Asantewaa Kodua, popularly known as “Ghana Jollof”, and helped disseminate videos produced by her by recruiting others to redistribute the content.

Mr Kwakye Ofosu stated that helping to disseminate what he described as incendiary content could constitute an offence. He said if somebody says, ‘I will overthrow the government’, then you help disseminate that, law enforcement can pick you up. Ghpage reports that Mr Kwakye Ofosu claims to have seen evidence against Salomey and says it is quite heavy.

Brief written by urgent.news from Ghpage, Adom Online, MyJoyOnline Ghana, 3News — 4 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.