Aggrieved customers of now-defunct Menzgold Ghana Company Limited stormed the Circuit Court in Accra on Friday, 26 July 2019 with placards amidst chants of “free NAM 1” (Nana Appiah Mensah), the CEO of the embattled gold dealership firm.
Some of the customers were carrying placards which read “23 people dead in Menzgold saga”, “Suspend criminal charges now”, “Help NAM1 to retrieve Dubai monies”, “Form committee for transparency now”, among others.
NAM1 is making his second appearance in court after he returned from Dubai, where he was incarcerated for close to six months in connection with fraud allegations against him.
The court in Dubai cleared NAM1 of any wrongdoing after months of legal battle and ruled that Horizon Company Limited refund an amount of $39 million owed the Ghanaian businessman.
NAM1 was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service as soon as he landed at the Kotoka International Airport on 11 July 2019 and taken into custody for alleged fraud.