Investigation Uncovers Police Officer’s Alleged Ties to Nana Kwadwo Adjei’s ‘Dirty Works

A Police officer, Douglas Kwaku Addy, who is currently under the police service’s interdiction, has been identified as the one responsible for executing the “dirty works” of embattled business mogul Nana Kwadwo Adjei.

Among others, Douglas Kwaku Addy is believed to be responsible for alleged bribes paid to other police officers, such as the Superintendent of Police Joseph Benefo Dankwah, to obtain an “illegal” arrest warrant against One Karen Baaba Sam from the Achimota District Court on the grounds of “unlawful child removal.”

Douglas Kwaku Addy, who is a close confidant of Nana Kwadwo Adjei, is also believed to have allegedly extended bribes to some judges in the lower courts who are adjudicating a domestic violence and child custody case between Ms. Karen Baaba Sam and her ex-partner and businessman, Nana Kwadwo Adjei.

*Arrest Warrant*

In a related development, Ms Karen Baaba Sam has filed a motion at the Achimota District Court seeking an order to set aside what she says is an illegally obtained arrest warrant against her.

A warrant of arrest dated Monday, 20 January 2025, emerged on social media, declaring Baaba Sam wanted by the District Court in Achimota (Achimota District Court) to assist the Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in a case of unlawful child removal.

The Police warrant further states that Ms Baaba Sam is 29 years old, 5 feet and 6 inches tall, fair in complexion, slim in stature, has a tattoo on her right breast, and is a native of Dormaa Ahenkro.

According to the Police, she is believed to be hiding in East Legon, Airport Residential Area, Cantonments, Osu, or Dzorwulu. The warrant was signed by the Superintendent of Police, Joseph Benefo Darkwah.

However, in an affidavit deposed to by Karen Baaba Sam, she indicates that her attention has been drawn to an arrest warrant issued by the Achimota district court for her arrest based on which publications were made in the Daily Graphic on 22 January and splashed in several other newspapers on 23 January 2025, projecting her as a fugitive from justice.

As her first step, Ms Baaba Sam said she caused her lawyer to conduct a search at the Achimota District Court to find out the specific case upon which the arrest warrant was issued. The lawyers found nothing.

To this end, her lawyers wrote to the Daily Graphic to withdraw and apologize for their publication. Ms Baaba Sam further states in her affidavits that within hours of the search, the Registrar of the Achimota District Court telephoned her lawyers to say that he (the Registrar) had made a new discovery on the matter.

He (the Registrar) then went to see Ms Baaba Sam’s lawyers to discuss what he said he had found and then returned to write a letter with an attached affidavit that stated something different from what he stated in search results without producing any order or record of the Achimota District Court that authorized the issue of the warrant or its publication in the Daily Graphic.

Ms Baaba Sam also deposed further as follows: “That the warrant, whether issued by the Court, with respect, was procured through fraud and illegally perpetrated by Detective Inspector Samuel Sakyi appeared in the honorable Court to obtain the warrant against me (Baaba Sam).

“That Detective Inspector Samuel Sakyi’s depositions that the complainant had custody and that I (Baaba Sam) took away my daughter and am refusing to return her are all false.

“That, I (Baaba Sam) am engaged in two cases involving domestic abuse and custody with the complainant, with one pending in the Circuit Court (Child-Friendly Gender-Based Violence Court), Police Headquarters, Accra, and the other pending before the District Court (Family Division), Accra.”

In her affidavits, Ms Baaba Sam states that on 13 December 2024, the District Court made orders for the sharing of the Christmas vacation between her and the complainant (Nana Kwadwo Adjei). Subsequently, the complainant abused the daughter, and Ms Sam applied to both courts. On 23 December 2024, the Circuit Court granted me and my daughter interim protection orders against the complainant.

“The Circuit Court ordered the complainant to appear in court on 14 January 2025 to show cause why the protection order should not be finalized. I (Baaba Sam) picked up my daughter on 29 December 2024, and the complainant was served with the order to appear on 31 December 2024

“On 14 January 2025, I appeared in the Circuit Court with my daughter, but the complainant refused to appear and instead sent his lawyer to tell the Circuit Court judge that he had travelled, even though that was a lie, and that he had been before the District Court without notice to me (Baaba Sam) to obtain orders behind my back.

“The Circuit Court nevertheless granted the complainant another adjournment to 11 February 2025 to show cause, but he has so far refused, and instead, he is misleading the police and other officers he has influenced to harass me with false allegations behind my back,” Ms. Baaba Sam’s affidavit read.

“I (Baaba Sam) am keeping my daughter pursuant to an interim protection order issued by the Circuit Court on 23 December 2024. The alleged complainant challenged the order at the High Court, which resulted in my counter-challenge in the Supreme Court.

“As such, when the said policeman (Detective Inspector Samuel Sakyi) appeared in this Court with the said affidavit representing me as a criminal and fugitive from justice, he was lying and doing Nana Kwadwo Adjei’s bidding only because of bribes he continued to pay to those willing to do his bidding and pervert the course of justice in the dispute between us,” the affidavit further read.

Ms Baaba Sam ends her affidavits by stating that “Kwadwo Adjei is only using this Court and sections of the police to unlawfully advance his personal interests and that the issuance of the warrant and its publication in the Graphic has caused her exceedingly great harm and injury.

“I hereby pray this Court to set aside the warrant and issue consequential orders to bring all those who played any role in it to justice. My daughter is in my lawful custody by virtue of the interim protection order granted me by the Circuit Court, which is still undergoing the lawful appeal and review processes in the appropriate higher courts. This Court should not lend its powers to perpetrate illegality against me (Baaba Sam),” the affidavit concluded.

*Background*

A cross-section of members of the public have reacted to the domestic abuse story of Ms Karen Baaba Sam after she shared her distressing experience allegedly at the hands of her ex-partner, Nana Kwadwo Adjei (Nana Adjei), a well-known businessman in Ghana.

In a recent interview with Asaase News, Ms Karen Baaba Sam (“Baaba Sam” or “Karen”) narrated her harrowing experience with Nana Adjei while the two cohabited together with their daughter between 2016 and 2020. The level of abuse, according to Ms Sam, led her to move out of their home to a separate apartment.

Several persons have taken to their social media handles and pages to react to the story of Karen Baaba Sam and to share their personal experiences or stories about other people’s experiences regarding domestic violence and its related issues and how the police have treated the case of the victim (Baaba Sam) when she reported her predicament.

*Social Media reactions*

Ayinipobila Azas, for example, wrote in a post on her Facebook Wall in reaction to Baaba Sam’s narrative: “I admire this lady (Karen Baaba Sam) for her remarkable bravery in sharing a story that is so often shrouded in silence and shame.

“It takes incredible strength to speak openly about something so personal and painful, especially when society can sometimes fail to provide the support survivors need. Her story has inspired me to share my own. I hope my story can be a light for someone else, just as hers has been for me.

“In 2020, my life was shattered by domestic violence. The person I trusted turned into my worst nightmare. He physically assaulted me, leaving me battered, bruised, and fearing for my life. I’ll never forget the chilling words he said: “The only reason you’re alive is because I don’t have a gun,” Ms Ayinipobila Azas’s Facebook post read.

“At that moment, I felt utterly helpless. My world crumbled, and my sense of safety was stripped away. What followed was a long and painful road, not only of physical recovery but of emotional and psychological healing. My source of comfort and strength was my faith and the everlasting mercies of God.

“Our society has a long way to go in addressing domestic violence, from supporting survivors to holding abusers accountable. We must do better. But I fear we may not become better in my lifetime. To anyone who is suffering, please know this: You are not alone.

“There are people who care, people who want to help, even when it feels like the world has turned its back on you. You are strong, even when you don’t feel it, and you deserve a life free from fear and pain.

To the rest of us, it’s time to act. Let’s support survivors, advocate for change in the legal system, and create a world where no one feels powerless in the face of abuse,” Ms Azas’s post further read.

Bridget Otoo, a very well-known media personality in Ghana, also shared her thoughts on her X handle. She said: “The reason the woman (Karen Baaba Sam) stayed in that marriage is exactly why we are talking today! For the police to declare her wanted and make the victim out to be the perpetrator.

“She lived with someone who bragged about his influence over police! Several reports were also made to East Legon police, and no action was taken! A lot of you need to sit out on such sensitive issues,” Bridget Otoo’s post read.

“You refuse to think and are quick to blame a woman for staying in an abusive relationship without even understanding how complex it is to leave! Women are murdered for threatening to leave a relationship!!!” Ms Otoo further posted on her X handle.