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A 31-year-old unemployed Nigerian has been remanded by an Adenta Circuit Court for allegedly trafficking seven persons from Nigeria to Ghana.
Sunday Dimaro, who has been charged with human trafficking, pleaded not guilty.
The prosecution said he trafficked the persons to Ghana under the pretext of securing them jobs but later exploited them to engage in cybercrime activities.
The seven persons, described as victims in the case, have also been charged with illegal entry into Ghana through unapproved routes and failing to report to an Immigration Officer.
The pleas of Dimaro and the seven others, now accused persons, were not taken.
The Court remanded all the accused persons despite separate applications for bail by their respective counsel.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Fuseini Yakubu opposed the grant of bail, citing ongoing investigations.
The seven accused persons are Chiomobi Mmuta, Mathias Unjie, Desmond Iyeke, Michael Ifama, Okorie Emmanuel, James Kenneth and Victor Opene.
DSP Yakubu said the complainants in the matter were the Cyber Security Authority (CSA) and the National Security Secretariat.
The prosecution said all the accused persons were Nigerians from various states in Nigeria.
On January 16, 2026, intelligence indicated that several cybercrime centres were operating around East Legon Hills, Afienya, Kwabenya, Weija and Tuba, where young men were allegedly being exploited to engage in cybercrime activities.
Acting on the intelligence, a joint team from National Security, the CSA and the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service conducted operations at apartments linked to the centres and arrested the accused persons.
The team, the prosecution said, retrieved 52 assorted mobile phones, 62 laptops and
other digital devices, which were retained for evidential purposes.
Preliminary investigations established that Dimaro recruited some of the victims, including Michael Obi and Godwin Samuel Ujah, under the guise of assisting them to secure jobs in Ghana.
However, upon arrival, Dimaro allegedly kept them in an apartment at Tuba near Kasoa, supplied them with laptops and compelled them to engage in romance scams.
The prosecution said the other accused persons, who were residing in the country illegally, also recruited individuals from Nigeria, housed them in their apartments and provided them with laptops and mobile phones.
“They claim they were not engaged in any form of cybercrime,” the prosecutor told the Court.
All rescued victims have been handed over to the Ghana Immigration Service for screening, while the seized devices have been transferred to the Cyber Security Authority for further investigations.
The case has been adjourned to January 29, 2026.
