The lawyer for former Deputy Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Gifty Oware-Mensah, has refuted claims that his client has been invited by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) for questioning over the ongoing NSS ghost names scandal.
Speaking on JoyNews PM Express on Tuesday, March 4, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah stated categorically that no security agency has contacted Oware-Mensah.
“Up until today, she had not been invited by the BNI. Up until today, no security agency has invited her,” he stressed, dismissing reports that suggested otherwise.
Mr. Awuah clarified that following the arrest of Kwaku Ohene Djan, a former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), widespread reports implied that the NIB was searching for Madam Oware-Mensah and that she had fled the country.
In response, he said her legal team wrote to the intelligence agency to clarify her availability.
“We wrote because, following the arrest of Kwaku Ohene, there were a lot of publications that the BNI was looking for her and she had absconded,” he explained.
He further noted that despite not being officially summoned, Oware-Mensah voluntarily returned to Ghana to put an end to any doubts. “Now, when you put these facts together, would you describe her as a flight risk?” he questioned.
Addressing remarks made by Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin, who stated that Madam Oware-Mensah would later appear before the NIB, Mr. Awuah revealed that arrangements were made to prevent unnecessary tensions.
He criticized the handling of information surrounding his client, questioning how her name became associated with the case at the highest level.
“I’m putting it on record that Gifty has not been invited by anybody, so I don’t know who even briefed the president. It’s unfortunate,” he concluded.
