Messrs Dame & Partners, lawyers for Joana Quaye, the estranged wife of Bills Microcredit CEO Richard Nii Armah Quaye, have directly challenged the businessman’s claims of pre-marital wealth made during a recent interview on The Delay Show.

According to the firm, RNAQ was unemployed and owned none of his current properties at the time of their marriage in 2010.

The claim is contained in a press release issued on Monday, April 27, 2026, by Messrs Dame & Partners, the law firm led by former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame, in response to statements RNAQ made on the show.

“The fact of the marriage between the parties in 2010, soon after Richard Quaye’s return from a short stay in the United Kingdom in 2009, at a time when he was unemployed and had none of the properties he owns now, is a matter of public record,” the statement read, referencing proceedings of the High Court in Accra dated March 13, 2024.

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RNAQ, speaking to Deloris Frimpong Manso in the interview, dismissed claims that he was “broke” before marrying Joana.

“I was working before I married her. I started my business before I married her. I started making money before I went to marry her, and I funded our wedding. If I didn’t have money, I couldn’t have married her,” he said.

However, Dame & Partners dismissed RNAQ’s claims of pre-marital financial standing, describing his reference to owning a “VW Passat” as a “mere publicity stunt.”

“We entreat the public to disregard the wild and unfounded claims of ‘richness before marriage’ made by Richard Nii Armah Quaye as a mere publicity stunt,” the statement added.

See the full statement below:




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