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RAFMOH Gold and Muhammed Nandoli Rafeeq have firmly denied allegations linking them to illegal gold smuggling, describing the claims by the Ghana Gold Board as baseless.
The denial comes after a joint operation by the Police and the Gold Board on Tuesday, September 16, which targeted four individuals suspected of engaging in illicit gold trade. Those named included Nandoli Rafeeq, Abdul Karim, Sadique Abubakar, Muhammed Afsal, and Puth Puthalan.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board, Sammy Gyamfi, alleged that the men were part of a seven-member syndicate involved in smuggling and announced a bounty of GHC1 million on each of the four suspects still at large.
In response, the law firm Gawuga\@Law, representing Nandoli Rafeeq and RAFMOH Gold, issued a statement on Wednesday, September 17, rejecting the accusations. The lawyers said their clients had no ties to any smuggling network and would cooperate with authorities to clear their names.
They explained that following the passage of the Ghana Gold Board Act, 2025 (Act 1140), which introduced nationality restrictions under section 28, RAFMOH Gold and Nandoli Rafeeq became ineligible to apply for licences and subsequently ceased all gold trading operations in Ghana.
The statement further stressed that their clients had not purchased gold from NK Bernark Enterprise in Tarkwa or elsewhere in the last two months, were not linked to the 9.2 kilograms of gold recently seized, and had not authorised anyone to conduct gold transactions on their behalf.
The lawyers expressed confidence that ongoing investigations would vindicate their clients.
