SoAfrican a popular Ghanaian social media influencer, identified as Joshua Kojo Anane Boateng, has been arrested for recording and sharing non-consensual intimate images of women.
SoAfrican is a lifestyle influencer known for his marketing of jerseys and other merchandise and has been spotted interacting with several celebrities, including Kelvin Okyere, musician King Promise, and businessman Osei Kwame Despite.
Joshua Kojo Anane Boateng, also a resident of East Legon in Accra, has been identified as the suspect.
His arrest follows a joint intelligence-led operation by the Cyber Crime Unit and the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI).
On Tuesday, May 12, the Director-General of the CID, Commissioner of Police Lydia Yaako Donkor, briefed the media and revealed that the suspect operated on the Telegram platform known as “VIP Sleep Fetish 2025”.
She disclosed that the suspect used alprazolam, known as Xanax, to drug unsuspecting female victims before sexually abusing them, adding that he later recorded the acts and shared the content online without their consent.
The CID boss detailed that the suspect also frequented nightclubs in 2025, where he allegedly sedated and sexually assaulted victims before disseminating their intimate images.
She disclosed that following his arrest, police retrieved several items, including two iPhones, a feature phone, a memory card, a Seagate external hard drive, a MacBook laptop, an iSafe device, and empty sachets believed to have contained alprazolam and midazolam.
She further added that the suspect has been arraigned before the court, while investigations are ongoing.
Following the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service on May 12, 2026, announcing that an East Legon businessman has been arrested for the alleged non-consensual sharing of intimate images and online sexual exploitation photos of the said businessman has gone viral on social media, with netizens sharing more details about the suspect.
CDR Africa shared images of the said man in a post wrote, “Joshua Kojo Anane Boateng, who has been identified in reports as popular nightlife influencer ‘Soafrican,’ has been arrested over allegations of drugging, sexually assaulting, secretly filming, and sharing intimate videos of women online without their consent”.
Another X user wrote, “Joshua Kojo Anane Boateng is reported to have operated a Ghana-themed clothing brand while living as a businessman in East Legon.
Yes, Joshua Kojo Anane Boateng has been allegedly identified as the influencer “SoAfricano” (or SoAfrican)
This is a video of SoAfrican with…
People are living a double life in this country. This guy is known for running a thriving clothing brand, so why this?”.
See the post below:
@tunchi.tv INFLUENCER Soafrican Arrested! In TrOuble For Recording & Sharing Nakez Ladies#tunchitrends #fyp #gossip24 ♬ original sound – TUNCHI TRENDS📺