Hundreds of Ghanaian investors and concerned community members staged a protest on Wednesday at the Nigerian High Commission in Abuja, demanding immediate intervention over what they described as “systematic harassment, intimidation, and gross violation of our fundamental rights” by operatives of the Nigeria Police and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The protesters, many of whom are stakeholders in the River Park Estate project, expressed outrage over what they called repeated acts of injustice, including arbitrary arrests, frequent police summons, and constant interference with their businesses.

“Our businesses are being hounded at every turn, and this is no longer acceptable,” said Kojo Mensah, a lead developer in the River Park Estate project. He further lamented that issues dating as far back as 2012, which had been previously addressed, were being unjustly reopened without any legal basis. “We’ve been arrested without reason, summoned multiple times without clear charges, and dragged through endless interrogations, while the actual petitions we helped resolve years ago have been left to gather dust in some forgotten office drawer,” he added.

Brandishing placards with bold messages such as “Hands Off Ghanaian Investors!” and “Tinubu, Mahama: Intervene Now!”, the demonstrators demanded the immediate dismissal of the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, accusing him of presiding over what they called a deliberate campaign of economic sabotage against Ghanaian-owned enterprises in Nigeria. The protesters appealed directly to President Bola Tinubu and former Ghanaian President John Mahama to urgently engage through diplomatic channels and put a stop to what they called a “growing pattern of intimidation and injustice.”