The Ghana Police Service confirmed the arrest of a forty five year old suspect in Kasoa within the Central Region of Ghana. Officials state the individual was wanted by Nigerian authorities for his alleged involvement in a significant bank fraud scheme that occurred in Lagos. This operation was carried out through the Interpol unit of the Criminal Investigation Department as reported by GhanaWeb.
According to statements from the Ghana Police Service the suspect had been hiding in Kasoa for several months to evade prosecution. Ghanaian investigators collaborated with Nigerian law enforcement to track the financial trail that led to his hideout. The suspect allegedly played a key role in a syndicate that siphoned funds from a prominent commercial bank through unauthorized digital transfers.
Authorities from the Nigerian Police Force confirmed that the suspect arrived in Lagos under heavy security. The Nigerian authorities claim the fraud involved millions of dollars and impacted several high net worth accounts. While the exact figure remains unconfirmed by Ghanaian courts the extradition was processed under existing regional judicial cooperation agreements according to reports by Citi Newsroom.
The suspect maintained his innocence during the initial processing at the Accra headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department. A formal GhanaWeb report indicates that no local charges were preferred against him in Ghana as the crimes were committed entirely within Nigerian jurisdiction. His transfer marks the completion of the extradition request filed by the Nigerian federal government earlier this year.