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Fresh diamond scandal details emerge
25 Sep 2013 at 04:21hrs | Views
Authorities have admitted that circumstances surrounding the release of Ghanaian businessman Kingsley Ghansah resulting in him skipping bail were improper but insisted he had been issued with a genuine High Court order.
Ghansah and William Atto Essien ventured into a microfinance business and later traded in large amounts of gold while battling to raise $15 million investment capital needed to start mining diamonds in Chiadzwa.
Essien recently met President Mugabe and reportedly told him that he had given Masimirembwa $975 000 to facilitate Ghansah's escape from Zimbabwe.
Masimirembwa has strenuously denied this saying he is ready to tell Mugabe and the nation who really benefited from the Ghanaians.
Essien is also said to have told Zimbabwean authorities that he invested more than $23 million in diamonds mining but ZMDC officials insisted that he had only brought in $5 million, raising further debate on what really transpired.
Ghansah and William Atto Essien ventured into a microfinance business and later traded in large amounts of gold while battling to raise $15 million investment capital needed to start mining diamonds in Chiadzwa.
Masimirembwa has strenuously denied this saying he is ready to tell Mugabe and the nation who really benefited from the Ghanaians.
Essien is also said to have told Zimbabwean authorities that he invested more than $23 million in diamonds mining but ZMDC officials insisted that he had only brought in $5 million, raising further debate on what really transpired.
Source - dailynews
