A Ghanaian living abroad, Marvin Walker, has alleged that he was wrongfully arrested and imprisoned in Ghana after refusing to give money to a police officer.

In a video circulating on social media and sighted by GhanaWeb, the man recounted his experience during a visit to Ghana, claiming the incident happened while he was investing in the country.

GhanaWeb cannot independently confirm when the video was recorded or the circumstances surrounding the incident.

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According to him, the police officer allegedly fabricated allegations against him after he refused to comply with what he described as demands for money.

He further claimed that despite court officials indicating that the officer's claims were untrue, he was still remanded into custody.

“But the things that we go through is very hurtful. Myself, I've been wrongfully imprisoned here in Ghana by a police officer that wanted money from me and I told him, leave me alone, don't call me unless you have a criminal case.

“This police chief went and filed several false statements and had me arrested and when the people in the court told the judge what this man is saying is not true, she still put me in jail,” he said.

The diasporan added that it took his background as a US marine and his brother being an FBI agent to help his case and be released by the judge who had sentenced him.

“And had I not had a US Marine background, had my older brother not been an FBI agent, had these people not made calls on my behalf, I probably would have still been in that jail. We went back to court the next day and the judge released me only because of some local people who came to my help and the calls that was made from outside and this is just one of the situations,” he recounted.

The man said the experience left him disappointed, especially because he had invested heavily in Ghana and was encouraging other people in the diaspora to return home.

He questioned why someone contributing to the country's development would have to go through such an ordeal.

“When that happened, I was like, how am I here investing millions of dollars bringing people home that are not getting scammed for their land and this is what we have to endure?” he questioned.

He added that after regaining his freedom, he reported the matter through his lawyer to the Police Intelligence and Professional Standards Bureau (PIPS), but claimed no action had been taken against the officer involved.

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“Once I was released, I went down to PIPS, I filed a complaint, my lawyer drafted it. To this day, this police chief had not been reprimanded, nothing had been said to him, and it was okay,” he stated.

The claims made in the video have not been independently verified, and there has been no official response from the Ghana Police Service regarding the allegations.

Watch the video below:



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