Lawyers for RAFMOH Gold and Muhammed Nandoli Rafeeq have strongly rejected allegations by the Ghana Gold Board linking their clients to illegal gold smuggling activities.
The rebuttal follows a joint Police-Gold Board operation launched on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, targeting four individuals accused of involvement in illicit gold trade. Those named include Muhammed Nandoli Rafeeq, Abdul Karim, Sadique Abubakar, Muhammed Afsal, and Puth Puthalan.
According to the CEO of the Gold Board, Sammy Gyamfi, the suspects are part of a seven-member syndicate engaged in smuggling. He announced that a GH¢1 million bounty had been placed on each of the four suspects still at large.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, September 17, legal counsel Gawuga@Law dismissed the claims as “unfounded,” insisting that their clients had no ties to any gold smuggling syndicate.
“Any suggestion that RAFMOH Gold and Mr. Nandoli are part of a gold smuggling syndicate is unfounded. To avoid jeopardising the ongoing investigations, no further public comments will be made. Instead, they will pursue the appropriate legal avenues, while extending full cooperation to the Gold Board and law enforcement authorities,” the statement read.
The lawyers explained that following the passage of the Ghana Gold Board Act, 2025 (Act 1140), which introduced a new licensing regime, RAFMOH Gold and Mr. Nandoli became ineligible to apply for licences due to nationality restrictions under Section 28 of the Act.
“Consequently, the Company ceased buying and exporting gold from Ghana,” the statement clarified.
They further stressed that their clients:
- Have not purchased gold from NK Bernark Enterprise at Tarkwa or elsewhere in the past two months as alleged.
- Are not connected to the 9.2 kilograms of gold recently seized by the Gold Board.
- Have not authorised any individual or group to buy gold on their behalf since ceasing operations in Ghana.
The lawyers expressed confidence that their clients’ names would be cleared once investigations are completed.
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