Joana Coffie would have gotten more properties if she had killed her husband – Maurice Ampaw

Controversial legal practitioner, Maurice Ampaw, has threatened to pursue all legal avenues to seek justice for the ex-wife of business mogul Richard Nii Armah Quaye, widely known as RNAQ, Joana Coffie.

According to him, the recent ruling of the High Court, which granted a lump sum of GH¢300,000 in the divorce settlement, is highly unfair and unjust.

He asserted that the judgment could set a dangerous precedent that may negatively affect society. He argued that if the woman had killed the man, she would have received more property than what the court awarded her.

Speaking in an interview on Lawson TV, footage of which has been shared on social media, he stated, “This is someone who has stood on a national platform and said that he cannot even spend 2% of his salary.

“So why would the court grant the lady only GH¢300,000, an amount Nii Armah can spend within an hour? I am going to run justice for Mrs Nii Quaye. I will put pressure on the judge; after that, I will petition the Court of Appeal judges. I will make sure the case goes to the Supreme Court; I can tell you that on authority.”

According to Maurice Ampaw the judgment was unfair and dangerous.

“This judgment is unfair and dangerous. Do you know that if the lady had killed the man, she would have gotten at least more than half of the properties? If the man had not had a will and she had killed him, she would have gotten a lot of the properties. Meanwhile, they stayed together, she cooked for him, supported him, and did a lot for him.

“Nii Armah Quaye’s wife came to me to show me some evidence that he had said he had ‘bought everybody.’ How can someone who is taking care of Ghanaians for free be giving his children only GH¢1,500 a month?”

The High Court in Accra awarded Joana Quaye a lump sum of GH¢300,000 in the divorce settlement.

Joana Coffie, a co-founder, shareholder, and director of Quick Credit Microfinance Company Limited (now Bills), filed for the divorce settlement and requested that the court order her ex-husband to pay her GH¢50 million.

However, the judge who presided over the case, Kofi Dorgu, a Court of Appeal judge with additional High Court responsibilities, awarded her GH¢300,000 as part of the distribution of the couple’s matrimonial property.

The judge reportedly stated that the amount was intended to “discourage divorces.”

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“The decision of the court, reduced into its final orders, justified the grant of what may be deemed a paltry amount of GH¢300,000.00 in favour of the petitioner. The petitioner sought an order directing the respondent to pay a lump sum of GH¢50 million.

“According to Justice Dorgu, the award of GH¢300,000.00 to the petitioner who co-founded, co-owns, and serves as a director of the mainstay business of the respondent was intended to dissuade ‘frequent divorces with the expectation of reaping huge monetary benefits,’” part of the report read.

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Lawyer Maurice Ampaw has made deep revelations about the case involving Richard Nii Arman Quaye and his wife. pic.twitter.com/DDOr0ix2WU

— Ms.Anita (@Msaniluv) April 11, 2026