{"id":221057,"date":"2016-06-09T13:26:47","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T13:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=221057"},"modified":"2016-06-09T13:26:47","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T13:26:47","slug":"court-orders-release-of-sylvester-mensahs-frozen-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/court-orders-release-of-sylvester-mensahs-frozen-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Court orders release of Sylvester Mensah’s frozen accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Accra High Court has\u00a0 ordered the release\u00a0of all accounts belonging to the former\u00a0Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Sylvester Mensah.<\/p>\n

The order followed a motion moved by lawyer for the Financial Intelligence Center (FIC), Arthur Chambers.<\/p>\n

The accounts were frozen<\/a> <\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>when the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), was investigating Mr. Mensah over what was being speculated to be financial malpractices that happened at the NHIA when he was the Chief Executive.<\/p>\n

The four accounts were opened at Access Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA), Energy Bank and Ecobank.<\/p>\n

But the FIC after completing it’s investigations into the allegations, asked the Financial Tax Court to release the accounts because it found no wrongdoing against Mr. Mensah.<\/p>\n

Background<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr. Mensah was arrested and detained at the BNI on New Year’s Day (January 1<\/span><\/span><\/a>) 2016, when he reported himself at the security outfit in response to an invitation from the (BNI) Director.<\/p>\n

He was subsequently released on bail after some eleven hours in custody.<\/p>\n

Prior to his January 1<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0detention, seven fully armed BNI officials allegedly\u00a0raided his private residence in search of him and created a scene which attracted neighbors and passersby.<\/p>\n

He was out of Accra with his family when the armed men put his residence under siege.<\/p>\n

Although BNI officials have denied the invasion, a CCTV recording of the incident captured all seven gunmen as well as the vehicles with which they went to Mr. Mensah’s house.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Fred Djabanor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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