Former Deputy Director of the National Service Authority, Gifty Oware Mensah, has been detained by the National Investigation Bureau.
According to reports, she was taken into custody on Friday, March 7, 2025, and has since been denied bail.
Her detention is in connection with an ongoing investigation being undertaken by the National Investigation Bureau (NIB) on payroll fraud during her tenure at the National Service Authority.
Reports indicated that John Boadu had earlier signed for her to be granted bail, but she was denied and whisked away from the premises of the National Investigation Bureau.
Although efforts have been made by her lawyers to secure her bail and also get the NIB to disclose the location in which she has been detained, all the efforts have proven futile.
Gifty Oware returned to the country on Tuesday, March 5, 2025, after she left Ghana for holidays abroad after the 2024 elections.
Her lawyer, Nana Agyei-Baffour, speaking to Joy News in an interview after she returned to the country indicated that she had not been invited by the NIB.
Gifty Oware Mensah’s detention comes days after her colleague Ohene Djan was also detained after he was picked from his home in a Rambo-style style by officers of the National Investigation Bureau.
Source : Ayeh Offei-Akoto
