A 46-year-old Nigerian, Simon Okafor Chukudi who bolted after testing positive for coronavirus in Wa in the Upper West region of Ghana, has been arrested.
The Upper West Regional Police Commander, DCOP Francis Aboagye Nyarko confirmed the arrest.
Seven other people he came into contact with have also been picked up and placed under quarantine at the Upper West regional hospital.
Chukudi was kept under surveillance at his residence by officials of the Ghana Health Service awaiting the outcome of his test results for COVID-19 which came out positive last Monday.
He was however nowhere to be found when health officials followed up to his residence at Wapaani, a suburb of Wa on April 14 to transport him to the isolation centre at the Upper West Regional Hospital.
Chukudi was busted in a compound house near the Wa polytechnic.
He has since been handed over to the COVID-19 team led by the Upper West Regional Minister, Dr. Hafiz Bin Salih.
