Maurice Ampaw, a Controversial legal practitioner, has said the divorce settlement judgment of business mogul Richard Nii Armah Quaye, widely known as RNAQ, and ex-wife Joana Coffie is unfair and dangerous.

According to Maurice Ampaw, the High Court ruling, which granted a lump sum of GH¢300,000 in the divorce settlement, was unfair and dangerous.

Speaking in an interview on Lawson TV, Maurice Ampaw stated, “This is someone who has stood on a national platform and said that he cannot even spend 2% of his salary.

“So why would the court grant the lady only GH¢300,000, an amount Nii Armah can spend within an hour? I am going to run justice for Mrs Nii Quaye. I will put pressure on the judge; after that, I will petition the Court of Appeal judges. I will make sure the case goes to the Supreme Court; I can tell you that on authority.”

“This judgment is unfair and dangerous. Do you know that if the lady had killed the man, she would have gotten at least more than half of the properties? If the man had not had a will and she had killed him, she would have gotten a lot of the properties. Meanwhile, they stayed together, she cooked for him, supported him, and did a lot for him.

“Nii Armah Quaye’s wife came to me to show me some evidence that he had said he had ‘bought everybody.’ How can someone who is taking care of Ghanaians for free be giving his children only GH¢1,500 a month?”

Also, Ghanaian broadcaster Afia Pokua, popularly known as Vim Lady, has reacted to the Dansoman High Court ruling regarding the divorce of business mogul Richard Nii Armah Quaye, commonly known as RNAQ and his ex-wife, Joana Armah Quaye.

Joana, who is also co-founder, shareholder, and director of Quick Credit Microfinance Company Limited, now Bills, was seeking GH¢50 million and other reliefs as part of the divorce settlement.

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 him.

Speaking following the development in a TikTok video on April 9, 2026, Afia Pokua advised that this should be a big lesson to singles. 

Afia Pokua stated, “The judge who presided over Richard Nii Armah Quaye and his former wife Joana Quaye’s divorce case made some significant pronouncements, and I think we should all take note because he didn’t grant the woman most of the things she requested.

“She asked for GH¢50 million but was awarded GH¢300,000. She also requested some cars and houses, but did not receive all of them. This should serve as a big lesson to young couples and those considering marriage,” she said.

She further advised, “Before this case, the Supreme Court had already ruled that not all properties acquired during marriage are considered marital property. This is a big lesson, so we shouldn’t focus only on weddings and trending videos while ignoring these important issues,” she added.

RNAQ’s ex-wife, Joana Quaye, reliefs demanded;

“(a) A divorce decree in favour of the Petitioner dissolving the parties’ marriage celebrated on 4th December, 2010.

(b) An order awarding custody of the three (3) children of the parties, namely, Ruphina Quaye, Brian Quaye and Brianna Quaye, to the Petitioner and granting reasonable access to the Respondent.

(c) An order directed at the Respondent for the payment of school fees and other educational expenses of the said children, as well as the payment of such maintenance pendente lite in favour of the children and thereafter such periodic payments as the honourable court may deem just.

(d) An order directing the Respondent to pay a lump sum of 50 Million Ghana Cedis to the Petitioner.

(e) An order directed at the Respondent to pay to the Petitioner maintenance pendente lite as well as the arrears of maintenance and or housekeeping monies from April, 2021 to date.

(f) An order that the following properties be settled in favour of the Petitioner;

i) H/No. 8 Jaffa Ln (GA-566-0397), Dansoman, Accra. ii) The House at East Legon, Accra. iii) A Jaguar Prestige XF (2018) model saloon car with Registration Number GN2272-18 and; iv) A Range Rover Velar SUV with Registration Number M-20-20.

(g) Costs including lawyers’ fees.

(h) Such further or other orders as the honourable court may deem fit to make”.

The Court awarded Reliefs.

“1. Marriage dissolution:

The court granted a divorce, officially dissolving the marriage between the parties.

“At the close of evidence and trial, this court on the 11th day of March 2025 decreed the dissolution of the marriage contracted by the parties and cancelled the certificate so obtained under the marriage contract,” portions of the court documents read.

2. Custody of Children:

The court also awarded Joana the custody of her three children while Richard Nii Armah Quaye was granted reasonable access, including fortnightly weekend visits and shared custody during school vacations (half with each parent).

“After due consideration of the best interest of the child principle, the need of the children of a family to live and grow up as a unit, the fact that the biological mother is not impaired in any way as far as looking after the children is concerned, I feel obligated to maintain the existing arrangement which I hereby do by placing the custody of the children with the Petitioner, their biological mother with reasonable access to the Respondent who shall have custody or visitation rights at weekends fortnightly and also during vacations.

“The children shall spend the first half of every vacation with the Respondent and the other half with the Petitioner for purposes of preparing them to return to school,” the document added.

3. The court also directed RNAQ to pay all school fees and educational expenses, cover health/medical needs, as well as pay GH¢5,000 monthly maintenance for the children.

“Again, since the children will stay with the Petitioner for most of the time and even though I acknowledge the fact that maintenance and upbringing of children is a shared responsibility, I make the further order that the Respondent shall maintain the children with an amount of GH¢5,000.00 a month. This amount will be subject to review either upwards or downwards, depending on the stages of the children and as they grow up and leave home,” the document revealed.

4. 1/3 of a house in Dansoman, specifically, three bedrooms with access to shared facilities like the kitchen, sitting room, etc.

“… The 1/3 allocation should be three bedrooms in the building with access to the use of the common facilities such as the sitting room, kitchen, store and all the other rooms which I describe as making up the two-thirds are hereby settled on the Respondent,” it continued.

5. Two vehicles, including a Jaguar XF (2010 model), which, per the court documents, had earlier been delivered to Joana and affirmed and Jaguar Prestige XF (2018 model).

“From the evidence, the court has already ordered the delivery of a Jaguar XF (2010 model) to the Petitioner, and the same was accordingly handed over to her. I affirm the said order, and in addition, I further settle the Jaguar Prestige XF (2018 model) with Registration No. GN2272-18 on the Petitioner. What this means is that the Petitioner is to have the two Jaguars as her share of the matrimonial vehicles,” the document stated.

6. The court awarded her GH¢300,000 as financial relief and also awarded her GH¢10,000 as legal costs”.

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Lawyer Maurice Ampaw has made deep revelations about the case involving Richard Nii Arman Quaye and his wife. pic.twitter.com/DDOr0ix2WU

— Ms.Anita (@Msaniluv) April 11, 2026

Court documents and videos have surfaced online alleging that Ghanaian business mogul Richard Nii Armah Quaye (RNAQ) allegedly assaulted his ex-wife, Joana Coffie.

The court transcripts detail that in June 2014, Quaye allegedly assaulted his ex-wife shortly after she gave birth to twins.

According to Joana Coffie’s mother, who served as a witness to one of the alleged incidents, she detailed how her daughter was beaten after requesting that her husband transfer ownership of a car he had gifted her following the delivery.

The document read, “One day, I was with the parties’ children when I heard the petitioner crying out from the couple’s bedroom. I rushed to knock on the door, and the respondent came out and said there was no problem. However, upon my persistent questioning as to why the petitioner was crying, the respondent, who had a belt in his hand all that while, stated that he established his business because of his mother and sister, and so if the petitioner misbehaves, he will keep beating her”.

“He added that he had acquired a brand-new car for her, a Jaguar, as appreciation for safely delivering the twins, but the petitioner insisted that he transfer ownership of the car into her name, which generated an argument between them,” she said.

The court document also includes testimony from another witness, identified as Alfred Ankrah.

Alfred Ankrah detailed, “During the course of the couple’s marriage, I witnessed several forms of abuse and domestic violence meted out by the respondent against the petitioner. I have seen the respondent beating her with a belt. I can recall occasions when the respondent attempted to beat the petitioner in my presence, and I had to restrain him.

“On one occasion, the respondent wanted to beat the petitioner because he was angered that she had informed his mother about providing him with start-up capital for Quick Credit,” the statement detailed.

“I noticed that the petitioner had bloodstains in her nostrils, puffy eyes, and a swollen face. The next morning, when I asked what had happened, she tried to cover up for the respondent by saying she had been in a car crash.

“On another occasion, the respondent beat the petitioner severely, even in the presence of his own mother,” the statement expressed.

“…that the marriage was useless and that he would one day divorce her to live a single life because, according to him, marriage was like a prison.”

Also, Joana Coffie has also recounted, per the document, how her former husband verbally abused.

She disclosed that her ex-husband referred to her as a drunkard, a prostitute, and someone who had achieved nothing in life.

In addition, a video of Joana Coffie has resurfaced online, where she was captured being physically assaulted with marks on her face and body.

The briuhaha follows the RNAQ, who have been locked up in a bitter divorce alimony battle with ex-wife Joana for the past four years.

Mrs Joana Quaye was married to Richard Nii Armah-Quaye for sixteen (16) years and has three (3) children with him.

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 cited that all the properties owned by RNAQ, including houses at Trassacco Estate, East Legon and other rich neighbourhoods in Accra, a Rolls-Royce car, Bentley, Range Rover and other luxurious vehicles and companies were all acquired by RNAQ after their.

Joana Quaye has since hired prominent Accra-based law firm, Dame & Partners, as her new lawyers to pursue an appeal against the award following the court orders in what she described as “being given a raw deal”.

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As Ghanaians continue to discuss the divorce between Ghanaian business mogul Richard Nii Armah Quaye (RNAQ) and his ex-wife, Joana Coffie the story of how the couple met Senior High School has surfaced.

According to the an alleged cousin of Joana, she paused school to support Richard Nii Armah Quaye.  

A netizen on X sharing the story stated, “She paused school to support him. As the money came, he started changing – Cousin speaks on Joana Quaye’s marriage to RNAQ

An alleged cousin of Joana Quaye has opened some keys about the ongoing settlement d!spute involving the former wife of Bills Micro-credit founder Richard Nii Armah Quaye.

Speaking in an interview with UK-based Ghanaian TikTok personality Tr0uble Carlos, the woman, identified as Abena revealed  the role Joana played in her former husband’s early life and career.

According to her, Joana met Richard Nii Armah Quaye at age 18 shortly after completing SHS in 2002, and the two later began dating.

“She met him when they were both still young and trying to find their way,” Abena said.

She went on to claim that both gained admission to the University of Professional Studies, Accra, but Joana allegedly gave up her place after being persuaded to put her education on hold and work while RNAQ completed his studies.

“She decided to pause school and support him until he was done,” Abena stated.

Abena further alleged that her cousin made financial contributions toward his education both in Ghana and abroad, and later supported the establishment of Bills Micro-credit.

She also spoke about chállenges within the marriage, claiming things began to change as success came.

“As the money was coming, the man started changing,” she said.

Also, court documents sighted from the  petition filed by Joana Coffie during the divorce proceedings at the Dansoman High Court detailed, “… From somewhere in 2002, when they both completed senior secondary school, the petitioner tendered a picture of them taken in 2002 as Exhibit D without objection. It also means they were involved in a love relationship for several years before they finally tied the knot in 2010.

“… After their education, the petitioner worked at Makola as a shop attendant in a textile boutique, while the respondent worked at his mother’s drinking bar, preparing cocktails of local brews for sale,” part of the document stated.

“… The petitioner, after dropping out, worked at two fast-food restaurants as a cashier and was able to save most of her wages. The couple opened a joint account with S.G. S.S.B Ltd and later invested the funds in a product operated by Data Bank Ltd, which matured in 2018 with a value of GH¢10,151.17,” the document noted.

“… In the following year (2009), the respondent completed his studies and returned to Ghana unemployed. The petitioner was then working with Unibank Ltd as a temporary bulk teller at the Kaneshie branch.

“The respondent, together with a friend, Ankama, pitched a business idea to the petitioner and convinced her to invest. She withdrew nearly GH¢3,000 from her account and gave it to the respondent as start-up capital for the microfinance business,” the document added.

The brouhaha follows, RNAQ who have been locked up in a bitter divorce alimony battle with ex-wife Joana for the past four years.

Mrs Joana Quaye was married to Richard Nii Armah-Quaye for sixteen (16) years and has three (3) children with him.

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 cited that all the properties owned by RNAQ, including houses at Trassacco Estate, East Legon and other rich neighbourhoods in Accra, a Rolls-Royce car, Bentley, Range Rover and other luxurious vehicles and companies were all acquired by RNAQ after their.

Joana Quaye has since hired prominent Accra-based law firm, Dame & Partners, as her new lawyers to pursue an appeal against the award following the court orders in what she described as “being given a raw deal”.

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🚨🇬🇭This matter errh💔👇

She paused school to support him. As the money came, he started changing – Cousin speaks on Joana Quaye’s marriage to RNAQ

An all3ged cousin of Joana Quaye has opened some keys about the ongoing settlement d!spute involving the former wife of Bills… pic.twitter.com/6BbLy8Bpqv

— Jasper Ziggle 🥷🇬🇭 🇺🇸 (@JasperZiggle) April 11, 2026