Ghana Jollof reacts to wanted notice, police allegations

Barbara Asantewaa Kodua, the woman popularly known as 'Ghana Jollof', who has been declared wanted by the Ghana Police Service in connection with an alleged case of incitement of violence, has spoken out. The police have accused Asantewaa Kodua, who is currently residing in the United Kingdom, of using a TikTok account under the name "Ghana Jollof" to issue offensive and inciting comments as well as publish false news likely to cause fear and alarm. In one of the videos of Ghana Jollof's alleged crimes, which was shared by the police, she is heard claiming that there was an attempted coup d'état because President John Dramani Mahama has infuriated some soldiers with his actions. Reacting to the allegations against her and the attempt to have her arrested, “Ghana Jollof” asserted that there is no way the UK government would extradite her to Ghana. She claimed that she is currently very sick and no court would allow her to be sent back to Ghana because there is no way she can commit the crimes she has been accused of. “They said I said I want to lead a coup, or I said I would kill the President. If they want me to be extradited, it would not happen just because they show the court a video. “They would examine the person to see if s/he can do what she is saying. I’m bedridden; my knees don’t work. Are they going to carry me with a stretcher to the court,” she said in the Twi dialect in a viral video clip from an interview after she was declared wanted. She added, “My knees are not working, and because of this I’m not able to go to work. It is the government which has been taking care of me. Even when I am going for a review, they send an ambulance and bring me down using a lift… They would not just extradite me; they would examine whether I can do the things I’m accused of.” Watch released video of 'Ghana Jollof' that has made her the most wanted woman Why Ghana Jollof was declared wanted: According to the police, it has been monitoring a TikTok account under the name "Ghana Jollof", which the accused person used to issue offensive and inciting comments as well as publish false news likely to cause fear and alarm. "As part of continuous efforts to clamp down on illicit online activities, the Ghana Police Service has, for some time now, observed a TikTok account under the name Ghana Jollof which has been used to issue offensive and inciting comments as well as to publish false news which is likely to cause fear and alarm. Police intelligence revealed the identity of the account owner to be Babara Asantewaa Kodua, believed to be domiciled in the United Kingdom. "Over a period of time, Babara Asantewaa Kodua has used her social media platform to produce and publish videos containing offensive and inciting statements with the potential to provoke violence... In one of the videos under investigation, the suspect, Barbara Asantewaa Kodua, falsely made the claim that there was a near coup d'état in the Jubilee House amongst other things," the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, Lydia Yaako Donkor, briefed the nation in a press conference on September 18, 2026. Watch a video of her remarks below: Take your time and listen to Ghana Jollof. I dont think Jane Naana can match this level of intelligence. Wow! pic.twitter.com/VDN0Msv4CP — Gonja_dehyekronkron (@Gonja_dictator) September 19, 2026 BAI Foundries, Machines and Jet Engines: Ghana’s untapped engineering potential Source: GhanaWeb