I need more time to look for new lawyers – NAM 1 tells court

Embattled
businessman
and
the
CEO
of
defunct
Menzgold,
Nana
Appiah
Mensah
aka
NAM
1,
has
begged
his
trial
judge
to
give
him
more
time
to
look
for
new
lawyers
to
represent
him
in
court.

Nana
Appiah
Mensah
is
facing
37
counts
and
was
informed
on
July
11th,
2024
to
open
his
defence.

Fast
forward
to
July
11,
when
NAM1
filed
a
plea
for
stay
of
proceedings
awaiting
an
appeal
against
the
High
Court’s
judgment
after
being
charged
with
two
of
his
businesses,
Menzgold
Ghana
Limited
and
Brew
Marketing
Consult.

The
High
Court
denied
his
request
for
a
stay
of
proceedings
on
December
5
and
mandated
that
he
launch
his
defence
following
the
court’s
July
11
directives.

On
Tuesday,
December
17,
NAM1,
who
is
also
representing
his
two
accused
companies,
did
not
show
up
with
their
attorneys,
led
by
Kwame
Boafo
Akuffo,
when
the
issue
was
called.

When
the
Court
asked
where
his
attorneys
were,
NAM1
begged
the
Court
to
give
him
the
chance
to
address
the
Court
without
them.

“My
lawyer
and
I,
have
a
difference.
One
that
is
so
fundamental
to
the
extent
that
it
places
a
point
of
divergence
for
us,”
NAM1
said
in
his
opening
remarks.

“This
is
in
respect
to
the
tangent
based
upon
which
we
(he
and
his
lawyers)
wish
to
proceed
with
our
(accused
persons)
defence,”
he
explained.

“On
the
basis
of
that,
my
lord,
kindly
permit
me
to
owe
you
an
immeasurable
gratitude
by
granting
me
a
reasonable
time
in
your
estimation
and
in
the
interest
of
Justice
to
scout
and
engage
new
counsel
(new
lawyers)
to
lead
me,
and
my
defence
pursuit
in
my
quest
to
affirm
my
innocence
before
this
honourable
court,
the
Republic
and
the
global
community,”
NAM1
submitted
to
the
Court
while
in
the
docket.