Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, lawyer for embattled former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), Gifty Oware, has said that his client has not been invited by the National Investigations Bureau (NIB).

There have been reports that she fled Ghana to avoid being interrogated over corruption-related issues at the National Service Authority.

However, in an interview with Joy News, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah stated that Gifty Oware Mensah had not received an invitation from any security agency prior to her arrival in Ghana on March 4, 2025.

“Up until today, she had not been invited by the NIB. Up until today, no security agency has invited her.

“I am putting it on record: Gifty Oware, up until today, has not been invited by any security agency,” he emphatically stated on JoyNews PM Express on Tuesday, March 4.

As her lawyer, he said they had to write to the National Investigations Bureau because of the president’s remark during the State of the Nation Address and other publications about her being on the run.

“We wrote because, following the arrest of Kwaku Ohene, there were a lot of publications stating that the NIB was looking for her and that she had absconded.

“Subsequently, the president went to Parliament to make a similar allusion, although her name was not mentioned. So, when we put one and two together, we concluded that all references were to her,” Mr. Awuah said.

“Now, when you put these facts together, would you describe her as a flight risk?” he asked.

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