Private legal practitioner and anti-corruption campaigner, Osagyefo Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has raised questions over what he describes as inconsistencies in the police’s handling of the “Ghana Jollof” case.

His concerns stem from the identity of the person the police have associated with the social media account, following a previous charge sheet that reportedly identified another person as “Ghana Jollof”.

In a post on X on Saturday, September 19, 2026, Barker-Vormawor called on the Attorney General to intervene.

“As I keep saying, the Attorney-General must step into these police prosecutions of speech,” he wrote.

“Just look at this. This is not the first time the Police have claimed that someone is Ghana Jollof. First it was Alberta; now it’s Barbara. Yoooo,” he added.

The comments come amid questions over the olice’s identification of the person behind the TikTok account.

A charge sheet filed by the Police in May 2025 reportedly identified one Alberta Okrah as Ghana Jollof, adding that she is at large.

However, in the current case involving senior nursing officer Salomey Awiti Bafoh, the Police have identified Barbara Asantewaa Kodua as the person behind the “Ghana Jollof” account.

Kodua is also listed as being at large and is believed to be in the United Kingdom.

The discrepancy has also been raised by Bafoh’s lawyer, Enoch Anhwere Afoakwa, who questioned how the national Police CID could associate the same social media identity with two different individuals in separate cases.

Bafoh, who was arrested in connection with the case, has been charged with abetment of crime, to wit, publication of false news, contrary to Sections 20(1) and 208 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).

The prosecution alleges that she acted as a liaison for Kodua and helped facilitate the redistribution of videos allegedly produced by her on TikTok.

The police have alleged that intelligence gathered during their investigations established Kodua as the operator of the “Ghana Jollof” account.

At a press briefing on Friday, September 18, 2026, CID Director-General COP Lydia Yaako Donkor said investigations had linked Bafoh to the dissemination of the videos and alleged financial transactions involving the account’s activities.

But Barker-Vormawor has also questioned the broader approach to the prosecution of online speech, arguing that authorities must be consistent in applying laws on false publication and offensive speech.

“My concern, and I've spoken consistently, is our inability to be consistent in application of false publication rules and speech offending rules,” he said on JoyNews’ Newsfile on Saturday.

He said the key issue should be whether particular communications meet the threshold of a criminal offence, rather than whether the content is merely offensive or unpopular.

Bafoh has been remanded and is expected to reappear before the court on September 30, 2026.

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