General News of Wednesday, 7 January 2026Source: www.ghanaweb.comFormer Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has been detained by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). According to a public notice by his lawyers, on January 7, 2026, the former finance minister was arrested in relation to the status of his current stay in the United States. “The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as of yesterday (6 January 2026), detained the former Minister for Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, regarding the status of his current stay in the United States. His US legal team is in contact with ICE and expects the matter to be resolved expeditiously,” part of the public notice signed by Justice Kusi-Minkah Premo read. His legal team is in contact with ICE and working to resolve the matter as expeditiously as possible,” the public notice issued by Mr Ofori-Atta’s lawyers further read.

Source: GhanaWeb January 08, 2026 14:27 UTC