Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold Ghana Limited Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM1) has accused Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) lying about his depature from the country.

Mr Appiah explained that he followed due processes at EOCO before leaving the country hence reports by the outfit that he escaped Ghana without permission while under investigation was false.

The Menzgold CEO who was in Dubai earlier this year where he was arrested for allegedly defrauding a gold dealership company returned last month after winning a case against Dubai-based Horizon Royal Diamonds.

When news of his arrest broke, many questioned how NAM1 was able to travel out of the country on the blind side of authorities while he was being investigated here in Ghana.

Authorities in charge of investigations also created the impression he left the country without notice.

Speaking in a press conference at the MJ Grand Hotel in Accra today Monday, August 19,2019, NAM1 stressed that he informed authorities at EOCO before leaving the country, and that he did not escape as purported.

“…I did not escape from Ghana to Dubai. I didn’t even go to Dubai first, I went overseas. So I went to certain places in Africa, all in the pursuit of debt recovery…and then I went from there to Europe, and then I went to Asia.

“I did not escape and also I would like to put on record that I Nana Appiah Mensah, I did not jump bail. The EOCO invitation and bail was not tied to a travel ban.

“The day before I will depart I informed EOCO, as a matter of fact, we can check EOCO’s record. I signed in at their front desk. I visited EOCO the day before I departed our jurisdiction, so I did not escape Ghana to Dubai or anywhere in the world,” NAM1 defended.

Asked the way forward on paying back customers of Menzgold, NAM1 said he can only make payments if his accounts are unfrozen.