The Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Emmanuel Nii Ashie Moore, has been sued by a Singaporean businessman, Toh You Kang, over an alleged $800,000 payment for failed Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) contracts.
Toh You Kang, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Director of NSG Group, in an application filed at the High Court in Accra, accused the NDC regional chairman of taking $800,000 for a cable-supply contract with the Electricity Company of Ghana that never materialised.
In the writ, sighted by GhanaWeb, the Singaporean businessman stated that he paid Ashie Moore $800,000 between 2023 and 2024 as part of an arrangement for an ECG contract allegedly secured by Moore, which was valued at millions of dollars.
You Kang also accused the NDC chairman of human rights abuses.
He claimed that he traveled to Ghana at the invitation of Ashie Moore but was subjected to abuse, threats, and blackmail upon arrival.
According to him, the chairman deprived him of his liberty by using armed men and allegedly demanded $3 million for his release.
You Kang is therefore asking the court to declare that Ashie Moore violated his rights and to order the repayment of the $800,000 made toward the ECG contract.
Below are the reliefs the businessman is seeking from the court:
a. A declaration that the Respondent has violated the fundamental human rights of the Applicant.
b. An order for the recovery of the sum of Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars (US$800,000) being the total sum paid by the Applicant to the Respondent towards the performance of ECG contracts purportedly secured by the Respondent for NSG Innovation Limited.
c. An order directing the Respondent to pay to the Applicant the sum of Twenty Million Ghana Cedis (GH¢20,000,000) as compensation for the threats, physical assaults, humiliation, psychological distress, and the violation of the Applicant’s dignity occasioned by the unlawful, oppressive, and degrading conduct of the Respondent.
d. General damages against the Respondent for violating the fundamental human rights of the Applicant.
e. Costs, including legal fees.
f. Any other relief(s) as this Honourable Court deems fit.
The court document also contains pictures of supposed correspondence between the two men.
Read the full court document below:
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