The Adenta Circuit Court has today granted bail to Techiman-based Senior Nursing Officer Salomey Bafoh-Awiti in the sum of GH¢100,000 with two sureties.
The court ordered that both sureties must be civil servants earning a minimum of GH¢3,000 each.
“They are waiting for us to meet the bail processes. We are confident that we will meet the bail conditions,” her lawyer, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, said after the ruling.
The bail comes after more than three weeks in custody.
Ms. Bafoh Awiti, 40, a mother of three from Hansua in the Techiman Municipality, was arrested at her home around 11:30pm on September 13, 2026.
Police allege she acted as a liaison for UK-based TikTok personality Barbara Asantewaa Kodua, known as “Ghana Jollof”, whose account is under investigation for publishing false news and inciting comments.
Prosecutors allege Bafoh assisted in disseminating videos produced by Ghana Jollof and recruited others to redistribute them on social media.
She 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), and has pleaded not guilty.
She was initially remanded by the Adentan Circuit Court and later denied bail by the Accra High Court on September 24, which cited ongoing cyber-related investigations and fears of interference with evidence.
Her continued detention sparked protests, with former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association, and women’s groups calling for her release, describing the midnight arrest as worrying for free speech.
UK-based Barbara Kodua has since been declared wanted by police.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
