Gifty Oware-Mensah, the Former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSS) has been released by the the National Investigations Bureau (NIB).
Gifty Oware-Mensah was detained in connection with the NIB probe in the NSS ghost names scandal.
According to reports, she was taken into custody on Friday, March 7, 2025, and has since been denied bail.
Some sources also claim she has been taken to an unknown location and her husband has been refused access to her.
The information gathered revealed she was released on Saturday, March 8, after cooperating with investigators.
Reports suggest Oware-Mensah is expected to be recalled for further questioning as investigations progress.
On February 4, 2025 a video surfaced of Gifty Oware Mensah arriving at the Kotoka International Airport after reports she had gone into hiding as the National Investigations Bureau (NIB) intensified its investigation.
In the video shared by social media influencers, Kalyjay, Gifty Oware Mensah was captured at the arrival hall of Terminal 3 at the Kotoka International Airport.
Gifty Oware-Aboagye has been fingered deeply in the NSS ghost name scandal, according to reports she oversaw the payment of some allowances into the accounts of 81,885 ghost service personnel.
Honourable Mustapha Ussif, Akufo-Addo’s first NSS CEO, Henry Nana Boakye a board member of the NSS, Gifty Oware, Kwaku Ohene Djan, Osei Assibey Antwi are among the 5 fingered in the NSS ghost scandal.
Reports about 17 persons could likely be invited for questioning as the NSS ghost name scandal started from 2017 to 2024 when they were exposed.
Meanwhile, the lawyer for former Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Authority (NSA), Gifty Oware Mensah, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah revealed his client has not been invited by the National Investigations Bureau (NIB).
Speaking on JOYNEWS Express on Tuesday, March 4, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah stated, “Up until today, she had not been invited by the NIB. Up until today, no security agency has invited her.
I am putting it on record: Gifty Oware, up until today, has not been invited by any security agency”, he added.
