Former Attorney General Godfred Dame and a lawyer for Mrs Joana Quaye have detailed how Ghanaian businessman Richard Nii Armah-Quaye, commonly known as RNAQ, kicked, slapped, punched, and whipped her ex-wife whenever she complained about his infidelity.
In a letter issued to the IGP with the Ministry of Interior and the Gender Minister copied in, Godfred Dame demanded to know the status of the complaint of assault and physical abuse lodged by his client, Joana Quaye, against the ex-wife RNAQ on 9th December, 2025.
In the letter, Godfred Dame disclosed how the abuse his client suffered at the hands of Richard Nii Armah-Quaye, saying, “Our client’s complaint bordered on reprehensible instances of physical violence unleashed on her by Mr Quaye whenever our client had cause to complain about his unbridled infidelity. The alarming tendency of Mr. Richard Nii Armah Quaye to kick, slap, punch our client and whip her with his belt whenever she complained about his unrestrained infidelity is supported by video evidence and recorded in judicial proceedings instituted by our client for a dissolution of the marriage between the couple.
In a horrible show of chauvinism and to subject our client to further grave indignity and humiliation, Mr Quaye would, on certain occasions, seek to compel our client to have sex with him on returning home after spending weeks away with his mistresses at various locations. A resistance by her resulted in merciless beating and withholding of financial upkeep for the home”.
He further disclosed that his client’s complaint was referred to DOVVSU, which began an investigation, but their client is concerned about the seeming apathy and lack of interest in complaints of violence lodged against Mr Quaye.
The letter further added, “We are instructed that our client’s complaint was referred to the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU), which commenced investigations.
We are further instructed that an earlier complaint lodged by our client relating to Mr. Richard Nii Armah Quaye’s brute effort to cut down (at midnight) a door to our client’s bedroom in a house at Dansoman, Accra, has been pending for the past three years, with little or no action having been taken.
Our client is seriously concerned about the seeming apathy and lack of interest in complaints of violence lodged against Mr Quaye. Whilst recognising the prerogative of your outfit to investigate matters bordering on the commission of crimes in Ghana, we implore you to, as a matter of urgency, take steps to deliver justice to our client.
The deplorable actions of Mr Richard Nii Armah Quaye violated our client’s dignity and rights as a citizen under the laws of Ghana. The manner in which the Police Service handles the complaints lodged against it has far-reaching implications for the confidence the ordinary Ghanaian woman has in the criminal justice process in cases of domestic violence and abuse”.
Dame’s letter further demanded to know the current status of the investigations into the complaints saying, “In this regard, we respectfully request you to confirm the current status of the investigations into the complaints of physical violence, abuse and other criminal conduct lodged by our client against Richard Nii Armah Quaye (including the Dansoman incident of three years ago) and steps being taken to bring the suspect to justice in accordance with the criminal laws of the Republic.
We take this opportunity to renew the assurances of our highest esteem”.
Meanwhile, Joana Quaye, has hired former Attorney General Godfred Dame to appeal against a rather strange judgment of the High Court in Accra.
The High Court granted Mrs Joana Quaye only GHC300,000 out of the well-known vast fortune she built with the rich businessman.
She was married to Richard Nii Armah-Quaye for sixteen (16) years and has three (3) children with.
The information gathered suggests that RNAQ has been locked up in a bitter divorce case with Joana Quaye for the past four years.
The High Court presided over by Justice Kofi Dorgu on 20th January, 2026, in his final orders despite evidence showing that Richard Nii Armah Quaye established his famous company, Quick Credit & Investment Micro-Credit Limited (renamed Bills Micro Credit Limited) with Joana Quaye as shareholders, out of which RNAQ built his wealth and established numerous other companies, the judge granted to the wife only one-third share of a house at Dansoman, GHC300,000 as financial provision and GHC5,000 to be paid by RNAQ each month for the upkeep of all the three children.
Mrs. Quaye seeks from the Court of Appeal two orders from the Court of Appeal which are “an order setting aside the final orders of the judgment dated 20th January, 2026” and “an order granting to her an equitable share of all assets (immovable and movable) acquired during the subsistence of the marriage to RNAQ, including his shares and beneficial interests in all companies set up after the parties got married”.
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