The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has picked up Raphael Nyarkotey Obu, one of the founders of the Nyarkotey University College of Holistic Medicine and Technology.
The arrest followed Ghana Tertiary Education Commission's (GTEC) crackdown on unaccredited institutions and unearned PhDs in the country, which led to a discovery that Nyarkotey's school was allegedly operating without being accredited by the commission.
GTEC, therefore, described certificates awarded by the institution as illegal because the institution's activities were in clear violation of the regulations governing tertiary education in the country.
It will be recalled that Nyarkotey's institution has been offering programmes such as Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Naturopathy and Holistic Medicine, among other specialisations, in violation of Ghana's tertiary education regulations.
