Nana Appiah Mensah
Ghana is initiating moves to extradite beleaguered Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of troubled gold dealership Company, Menzgold Nana Appiah Mensah, better known as NAM 1 to Ghana from Dubai where he was first arrested over a month ago.
MyNewsGh.com has confirmed that a high-powered government delegation led by the Minister of National Security and officials of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have left Ghana to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for diplomatic engagement on how to bring him into the country for possible investigations and prosecution.
According to a statement released by the Ghana Police Service on Monday, January 14, 2019, NAM 1 was arrested in Dubai to facilitate investigation into suspicions that he had been involved in a gold trading deal gone bad within the Emirati jurisdiction.
It came at a time he had already been declared wanted in the country after a bench warrant was issued for his arrest by an Accra Circuit Court indicating that due process would be followed to ensure that he is extradited to Ghana.
Deputy Attorney General Joseph Dendiok Kpenka on Monday evening revealed that Ghana is following the process through the delegation to ensure that if they are not specific charges against him, he is extradited to Ghana to face the law.
MyNewsGh.com last week reported of a warrant which was signed and issued to the police in respect of four main directors of Menzgold had warrant number 01/19, 02/19,03/19 and 04/19, requiring the police to locate and arrest immediately four persons; Nana Appiah Mensah, Rose Tetteh, Benedicta Appiah, and Abigail Mensah wherever they are. They are to be arrested owing to their various roles in the founding and operation of Menzgold Ghana as registered at the Registrar-Generals.
The other three whose names appeared on the warrant document were listed on the registration documents of Menzgold Ghana as Directors and are also relatives of Nana Appiah Mensah, NAM 1.
NAM 1 is the main architect of Menzgold. Rose Tetteh is his wife while Benedicta Appiah is his younger sister and Abigail Mensah also his younger sister.
His mother Eve Brew Appiah was not listed as a director hence was exempted. The court noted Brew Marketing Company (a Menzgold partner) being named after her meant nothing legally.
The court warrant documents intercepted by MyNewsGh.com stated their offence as “Defrauding by false pretence contrary to section 131 of 29/60” for which reason they were wanted.
