Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah, has condemned reports that he skipped bail to Dubai when the Security and Exchange Commission and the Bank of Ghana folded up his business and accused him of defrauding his customers in the gold collectable trade.
Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a leading member of the New Patriotic Party, even suggested in a Facebook post that, Nam1 has breached his bail condition and absconded.
But, NAM1 who was addressing the press disclosed that the reports was false, saying he informed the EOCO of his whereabouts though he wasn’t under a travel ban.
According to him, he left Ghana to chase his money in Dubai to pay back his customers.
“I didn’t escape from Ghana to Dubai. I went to certain places in Africa, all in pursuit of debt recovery. I went to Europe and Asia. I did not escape. I Nana Appiah Mensah didn’t jump bail. The EOCO invitation and the self-recognisance bail wasn’t tied to a travel ban.
“The day before I would depart, I don’t want to commit anyone, but I informed the EOCO. I signed in at their front desk. I didn’t escape Ghana to Dubai,” he said to the press on Monday, August 19, 2019.
By Amaka Joyce