Protesters on Wednesday stormed the Nigerian High Commission in Accra, Ghana, demanding that President Bola Tinubu intervene in alleged harassment of Ghanaian businesses in Nigeria.
The protesters, under the aegis of Concerned Citizens of Ghana (CCG), carried placards to the Commission’s Roman Ridge office, urging the Nigerian envoy to prevail on authorities in Abuja to stop what they called targeted intimidation by security operatives.
Speaking in a video seen by Business Hallmark, a protester, James Clark, alleged that some Ghanaian-owned firms in Abuja were being harassed by elements of the Nigerian Police and Immigration.
“Some Nigerian elements are harassing Ghanaian business interests in Abuja. The firms led by Mr. Essien Jonah were involved in a civil matter in court, but now face police intimidation. We live peacefully with Nigerians here in Ghana, and we want the same for our brothers in Nigeria,” Clark said.
The protest comes amid an ongoing legal tussle involving Ghanaian developers of River Park Estate in Abuja—Jonah Capital Nigeria Limited and Houses for Africa—and Nigerian law enforcement agencies.
The developers, led by Samuel Essien Jonah, Kojo Ansah Mensah, Victor Quainoo, and their lawyer, Abu Arome, have dragged the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, FCT Police Commissioner Ajao Adewale, and Head of IGP Monitoring Unit DCP Akin Fakorede to court over alleged human rights violations.
They are demanding ₦200 million in damages for harassment and intimidation linked to disputes over estate ownership. The case, filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja (FHC/ABJ/CS/1130/2025), also includes officials of the EFCC—Michael Wetkas, Eunice Vou Dalyop, and one Kabiru Baba.
According to the plaintiffs, a Special Investigation Panel had already looked into the matter and submitted a report. But instead of acting on the findings, the police allegedly launched a new investigation aimed at altering the earlier conclusions.
The developers say despite writing letters in March and April requesting the panel’s report, the police failed to respond, while continuing to summon and intimidate them.
They also allege that Kojo Mensah, CEO of Jonah Capital, was detained by the EFCC and interrogated for days.
Consequently, the investors petitioned the Police Service Commission and the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), urging them to halt what they termed unlawful actions by the police and EFCC.
They also want the court to issue a perpetual injunction restraining the police and EFCC from further interference, including invitations or arrests, relating to civil agreements signed in 2012 regarding the River Park Estate.
Their counsel, Adedayo Adedeji (SAN), is also asking the court to compel the release of the original report by the police investigation panel led by DCP Usman Ahmed Imam.
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