Nana Kwame Bediako, also known as Cheddar, a Ghanaian businessman and real estate mogul, has called on authorities to bring back Kevin Okyere, following reports that the Springfield Group CEO has been detained in Dubai.
The real estate mogul, in a passionate statement, described Kevin Okyere as one of Ghana’s most intelligent and visionary young entrepreneurs.
Nana Kwame Bediako lamented Ghana’s recurring pattern of undermining its brightest minds, citing past examples of Kwame Nkrumah, local banks, Darko Poultry Farms and Apino soaps.
He further urged the government to rise above political influence to protect innovators who are building the nation’s future.
In a post on social media, Nana Kwame Bediako wrote, “Kevin Okyere is one of the most intelligent, visionary young Ghanaians of our time ,a man who secured an oil block before age 40, who could have brought billions of dollars into our economy. A deep thinker. A future builder. A rare national asset”.
He added, “Ghana has mastered one thing: destroying its brightest sons and daughters.
We look for the bad in our own people, even when they are the ones creating wealth around us. We are not building men. We are killing souls.
We betrayed Nkrumah.
We destroyed our banks.
We collapsed Darko Poultry Farms, which could have been feeding half of Africa today.
We crippled Apino soaps”.
Cheddar post added, “And today, we stand here again, watching another bright son of this nation being cast out.
A nation that attacks its visionaries has no future. Our future must not depend on politics. Our government must protect Ghanaian innovators and not politicians’ interests.
I hope the government rises above political influence and stands for what is right.
Protect your young builders. Protect your future”.
Meanwhile, reports suggest Kevin Okyere is set to be extradited to the UK to face an alleged US$94 million fraud case following reports of his arrest in Dubai.
According to reports, Dubai authorities are preparing to extradite Kevin Okyere to the United Kingdom after he allegedly failed to honour a court summons.
Kevin Okyere, who holds UK citizenship, allegedly ignored multiple court orders.
Ghana Chronicles in a post stated, “Reports suggest that Dubai authorities are preparing to extradite Kevin Okyere to the United Kingdom after he allegedly failed to honour a court summons over a US$29.3 million petrol cargo dispute involving EDURC Company DMCC. The shipment, valued at US$29,321,064.51, was reportedly discharged at Tema, Ghana.
Mr Okyere, who holds UK citizenship, allegedly ignored multiple court warnings to appear and prove his innocence by September 3, 2025, prompting the issuance of a bench warrant for his arrest”.
They further added, “There are several claims regarding the circumstances of Mr Okyere’s arrest, with some asserting he was en route to Paris, France, on an Emirates Airlines flight when Dubai police detained him upon landing for a transit stop on Friday night.
Other reports claimed that Kevin Okyere had quietly flown out of Accra the previous night to meet with a senior official from a major oil company to discuss a prospective partnership with Lukoil, as well as with officials from Ghana’s Ministry of Energy. However, what was meant to be a discreet business meeting in the Gulf rapidly escalated into a diplomatic and legal storm”.
Mr Okyere’s arrest is in connection with what is described as a “systematic and orchestrated economic crime” involving nearly US$93 million allegedly perpetrated by Springfield Exploration & Production Limited and GMP Energy Limited, both Ghanaian oil companies, along with their senior executives.
See the post below:
Kevin Okyere is one of the most intelligent, visionary young Ghanaians of our time ,a man who secured an oil block before age 40, who could have brought billions of dollars into our economy. A deep thinker. A future builder. A rare national asset.
— Nana Kwame Bediako (@OsagyefoNKB) November 6, 2025
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