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Photo does not show Nigerian man arrested for drug trafficking in Ghana

Nurudeen Akewushola
Nurudeen Akewushola
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A photo showing a handcuffed man in a red shirt has surfaced online with a claim that it shows a Nigerian man of Yoruba descent, identified as Tolu Ishak Ibrahim, arrested by Ghanaian police for drug trafficking.

The image has gone viral on X, where users are claiming that the man was apprehended while smuggling cocaine into Ghana.

An X user, @GanjaYorub15579, posted the photo with the caption:

“Tolu Ishak Ibrahim have been arrested by the Ghana police for bringing in large parcel of cocaine into the country to be moved to St. Lucia.”

As of August 4, 2025, the post had garnered over 100 reposts and more than 300 likes.

Another X user, @trigottista, shared the same image with the caption:

“Tolu arrested in Ghana for bringing in this consignment of drugs (cocaine).”

That post had generated over 400 reposts and more than 1,000 likes as of August 5, 2025.

The image has been widely circulated, sparking outrage and reinforcing negative ethnic stereotypes online.

CLAIM

The photo shows Tolu Ishak Ibrahim, a Nigerian man of Yoruba descent, who was arrested in Ghana for drug trafficking.

screenshot of the viral post

THE FINDINGS

Findings by The FactCheckHub show that the claim is MISLEADING.

Checks on the image and claim traced the original source of the arrest to an official post by the Ghana Police Service on their verified X account.

According to the post dated August 3, 2025, the man in the viral image is Daniel Yeboah, a 23-year-old Ghanaian, who was arrested in the Western Region of Ghana for possession of 66 parcels of suspected narcotic drugs.

The arrest took place on Thursday, July 31, 2025, at the Samreboi-Tanokrom snap checkpoint, where Yeboah was stopped while transporting the suspected drugs on a tricycle, locally known as Pragia. The drugs were concealed in two travel bags.

Further reporting by GBC Ghana Online and Radio Rainbow International confirms that the suspect is not Nigerian, but a Ghanaian national.

Yeboah reportedly told the police that a woman in Wenchi had paid him GH₵5,000 to deliver the drugs to her at Mumuni Camp, near Samreboi. The Ghanaian police have since launched an investigation to track down the said woman.

At the time of filing this report, Daniel Yeboah remains in police custody and is expected to appear in court in August 2025.

There is no mention of any Nigerian national or a person named Tolu Ishak Ibrahim in any of the official police statements or credible media reports.

THE VERDICT

The claim that a Nigerian man named Tolu Ishak Ibrahim was arrested in Ghana for drug trafficking is MISLEADING. The individual in the viral photo is actually Daniel Yeboah, a Ghanaian national. The image and accompanying narrative were falsely attributed.

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Nurudeen Akewushola is a fact-checker with FactCheckHub. He has authored several fact checks which have contributed to the fight against information disorder. You can reach him via nyahaya@icirnigeria.org and @NurudeenAkewus1 via Twitter.

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