Ghanaian safety operatives have arrested Shiny Mensah Bonsu, the person accused of receiving US$1.5 million in money and signing paperwork purportedly selling a prime diplomatic property belonging to Ghana’s Excessive Fee in Nigeria.
The arrest was confirmed in a Fb submit on Tuesday, 15 April 2025, by the Minister for Overseas Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa.
Shiny Mensah Bonsu is claimed to have recognized himself as a particular aide to the late Alhaji Rashid Bawa, Ghana’s former Excessive Commissioner to Nigeria, who was appointed by then-President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
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In response to Mr Ablakwa, there isn’t any proof that the US$1.5 million was paid into any official authorities account, neither is there a document on the Ministry of Overseas Affairs that the transaction was formally declared.
Paperwork reveal that Shiny Mensah Bonsu and his collaborators had valued the prime Lagos beachfront diplomatic property at US$5.3 million and thought of the US$1.5 million cost as the primary installment. The result of the 2024 elections should have thwarted their plans.
Mr Ablakwa additionally confirmed that investigations are ongoing into how Mensah Bonsu was issued a diplomatic passport:
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We’re additionally investigating the circumstances underneath which Shiny Mensah Bonsu was issued a diplomatic passport on 18 October 2023 by the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government, when by all assessments, he couldn’t have been eligible for one.
He emphasised that Mensah Bonsu was not an worker of the Ministry of Overseas Affairs nor of the Ghana Excessive Fee in Nigeria, regardless of often being seen within the firm of the Excessive Commissioner.
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As we await felony prosecution shortly, it will be attention-grabbing to see how Mr. Mensah Bonsu backs his claims that he acted on the directions of his superiors, and that these superiors gave him entry to paperwork on the diplomatic property.
The Overseas Minister pressured that the present administration, led by President John Mahama, wouldn’t defend any people concerned in what he described as a “grand conspiracy” to not solely commit a criminal offense but additionally tarnish Ghana’s worldwide status.
