Immediate-past Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), Solomon Asamoah, has denied claims that he fled to Senegal to evade investigations into the controversial $2 million payment for the Accra Sky Train project.
In a statement, Mr. Asamoah dismissed the allegations as false and misleading.
“I categorically deny the false and incorrect allegations that I have gone into hiding in Senegal. This claim is entirely inaccurate and untrue,” he asserted.
At a press conference on Monday, Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, alleged that Mr. Asamoah was currently hiding in Senegal. He explained that Asamoah first traveled to South Africa on February 2 before making his way to Senegal.
Dr. Ayine further noted that when contacted, Asamoah indicated he would return to Ghana in three months and warned that he could be tried in absentia if he failed to appear.
However, Mr. Asamoah clarified that he left Ghana on March 21, 2025, for scheduled board meetings that had been planned well in advance.
He added that no government official had contacted him about any investigation before his departure.
However, he confirmed that on March 22, an official from the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) contacted him via WhatsApp and had agreed to an online meeting on March 26 to address any concerns.
Asamoah further defended his tenure at GIIF, highlighting that under his leadership, the fund grew from GHS 1.2 billion to GHS 5.2 billion by t he end of 2023, making it one of Africa’s top-performing infrastructure funds.
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