Richard Nii-Armah Quaye has responded to claims circulating online about his past marriage.
In a yet-to-be-aired interview with Delay, the businessman reacted to conversations about his divorce from Joana Coffie. At the center of the debate are suggestions that his former wife played a key role in his financial rise, a narrative he firmly disputes.
The founder of Bills Micro Credit Limited insists his financial footing was already secure long before he got married. He argues that the portrayal of his ex-wife as instrumental to his success does not reflect reality.
“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, because we had a very luxurious wedding. I had money before marrying her… All the things you have heard, 99% of it isn’t true,” he stated.
He points to the scale of their wedding as evidence, maintaining that he personally covered all the costs and would not have been able to stage such an event without already being financially stable.
The conversation also touched on a photo that has been widely shared online in the wake of the divorce, often used to suggest he was struggling financially at the time. Quaye dismissed that interpretation, offering context he says has been missing from public discussions.
According to him, the image was taken on a day he took his then-wife to an event. He explained that he drove her there and back in his fully air-conditioned VW Passat, a detail he believes contradicts claims that he was broke during that period.
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