{"id":398953,"date":"2026-01-30T15:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/398953\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:19:08","slug":"showboy-allegedly-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/398953\/","title":{"rendered":"Showboy allegedly arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/Showboy-allegedly-arrested-2019524?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/61827384.295.jpg\" alt=\"Showboy was reportedly arrested by the CID\" title=\"Showboy was reportedly arrested by the CID\" width=\"295\" height=\"172\" \/> <\/a>Showboy was reportedly arrested by the CID<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Videos making waves on social media has shown Ghanaian rapper cum socialite, Sam Safo, popularly known as Showboy, allegedly being arrested by the Ghana Police Service.<\/p>\n<p>According to videos circulating on social media, the musician was being arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on allegations of blackmailing entrepreneur and music executive David Mensah, widely known as \u2018Davido GH\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The video captured Showboy being questioned by some men bearing vests with the CID insignias on them. This happened while he was with his phone, engaging with netizens during a live TikTok session.<\/p>\n<p>A visibly angry Showboy was then captured resisting arrest while some armed policemen tried dragging him away.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/Peer-pressure-ruined-my-dream-Showboy-speaks-on-regret-and-lost-opportunities-1988662\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Peer pressure ruined my dream&#8217; \u2013 Showboy speaks on regret and lost opportunities<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, neither the Ghana Police Service nor Showboy has yet to respond to the matter. <\/p>\n<p>Watch the videos below:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Alleged CID officers storm Showboy\u2019s premises during a live session, reason is yet to be known <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n8y22VRzvS\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/n8y22VRzvS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mr Patua (@Banku_Patua) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Banku_Patua\/status\/2017186779267289498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 30, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">CID tried arresting Showboy for no reason but he resisted <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iWQty04FDV\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/iWQty04FDV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SNEAKERHUB.RENEE\ud83d\udc10\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@appiah_renee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/appiah_renee\/status\/2017195768755437694?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 30, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>ID\/EB<\/p>\n<p>#TrendingGH: Watch residents lament as homes are demolished at Tse Addo<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Showboy was reportedly arrested by the CID Videos making waves on social media has shown Ghanaian rapper cum&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-398953","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}