Richard Nii Armah Quaye, commonly known as RNAQ, a Ghanaian business magnate, has refuted claims that he physically abused his ex-wife.
According to RNAQ, he cannot even beat his children, let alone beat his wife, adding that he has never beaten his wife before.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with media personality Deloris Frimpong Manso on The Delay Show, RNAQ stated, “I can’t even beat my children, not to even beat my wife. I have never beaten my wife before.”
“I have seen that video circulating, which talks about me beating my wife, and, as I said, there is a clear agenda on me. I don’t know where they got that video from,” he stated.
He added, “In today’s world, people can even do makeup that looks like someone has been beaten. Second, she may have had an encounter with someone and gotten a swollen face and used it as a video. Because you see, that purported video that I saw, people believe in it, there were none of me in that video.”
“I keep watching the video, and I asked myself, does it mean anyone who comes to make allegations about me or accuse me would be believed? How can we live in a society like this? This is cruelty. I think anyone who believed her by watching that video where I did not show up and made a conclusion has made a great injustice to me.”
Despite his claims, Lawyer for Mrs Joana Quaye, Godfred Dame, a former Attorney General, is chasing the Inspector General of Police, Christian Tetteh Yohuno, over the status of assault and physical abuse complaints lodged against Richard Nii Armah-Quaye, commonly known as RNAQ, some four months ago.
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.
Godfred Dame, in the letter, detailed how Ghanaian businessman Richard Nii Armah-Quaye kicked, slapped, punched, and whipped her ex-wife whenever she complained about his infidelity.
The former Attorney General’s law firm wrote, “We act for Ms Joana Quaye, until 20th January, 2026, the wife of Richard Nii Armah Quaye. Our client is also the mother of three children of the marriage.
Our instructions are that in reaction to persistent abuse and violence she suffered at the hands of Mr Richard Quaye, over a period of about eleven years, she was compelled to lodge a formal complaint with the Ghana Police Service dated 9th December, 2025.
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”.
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