Nigerian businessman, Benedict Peters, widely known as Ben Peters, was reportedly arrested in a joint operation involving operatives of Ghana's National Security, the Ghana Police Service, and the Ghana Armed Forces.
Ben Peters, together with about 25 unidentified men, were reportedly arrested for allegedly blocking access to an apartment building close to the seat of government, the Jubilee House, and also for blowing a police siren on one of his vehicles, on Monday, April 7, 2025.
But this is not the first time the Nigerian billionaire business tycoon has made news headlines in Ghana.
During the government of former President , Ben Peters, who is believed to be a friend of the Akufo-Addo family, came up in a number of corruption scandals.
