Mad. Joana Quaye through her Lawyers led by the learned former Attorney-General and Justice Minister, the litigation savvy Godfred Yeboah Dame has filed a motion at the High Court praying for orders directed at her ex-husband, Richard Nii Armah Quaye, from alienating or transferring any of the numerous companies, fleet of exotic vehicles and landed property acquired during the subsistence of their marriage.

In her motion filed on the 13th day of May, 2026 deposed to by herself, the Appellant/Applicant seeks the Honourable Court to preserve properties acquired by the parties directly and indirectly and protect the sanctity of the Court's decision in her appeal waged at the Court of Appeal against the orders of the High Court as presided by the learned Justice of the Court of Appeal who sat on the High Court Bench with additional duties, HL Justice Justin Dorgu.

Per the motion paper filed on behalf of the Appellant-ex-Wife, the Court is prayed for an "order of injunction restraining the Respondent/Respondent/Respondent herein whether by himself, his servants, agents and assigns from transferring, disposing of, or in any other way alienating the properties directly acquired by the parties during the marriage between the parties and indirectly acquired by the parties through companies owned by the parties, including the ones listed below, pending the determination of the appeal filed by the Applicant against the "Final Orders" of this Honourable Court dated 20th January, 2026:"

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Mad. Joana Quaye, contextualizes her request before the High Court by way of the grounds for her motion and evidentiary material by showing the Court through depositions in her affidavit accompanying her motion that she begun her amorous relationship with the Respondent as far back as 2002. She married him in 2010 but owing to "gross abuse and unreasonable behaviour by the Respondent, including unbridled cheating with many women, and severe physical violence inflicted on me at various times, I initiated proceedings for the dissolution of the marriage.".

Per her evidence presented to the Court the Applicant deposes to the fact that upon the advice of the Respondent, she dropped out of the then UPSA to work to support the travel of the Respondent to UK for studies in accounting. Both parties were pursuing studies at the then UPSA and both could not support their studies. She thus acquired jobs to fund the travel of her then boyfriend. Her decision to drop out of school and support the Respondent were owing to their amorous relationship and the promise of the Respondent of marriage. The parties thus used funds from their joint investment with Data Bank Ltd. to fund the travel of the Respondent to the UK for studies with the hope of marriage upon his return.

According to the Respondent, during the time of the Respondent in UK, she still supported the Respondent from her earnings from work she had secured including one at Unibank Limited, Kaneshie Branch. Upon his return, unemployed, she withdrew all her savings and the parties used same as seed money in 2009 to start Quick Credit. This was within 6months upon the return of the Respondent.

Per the filed application for Mad Joana Quaye, the Parties jointly set up Quick Micro Credit and Investment Money Lending Limited in 2011 which the Respondent has unilaterally renamed as Bills Micro Credit. According to the Applicant, she was a shareholder and a director of the Company making her and her ex-hussband the only two directors of the Company. According Mad. Quaye, Quick Credit which the parties set up in 2009 grew and became the "foundation and vehicle for the setting up of other companies and the acquisition of properties during the marriage" which are included the below listed as follows:

"i. Shares owned by the parties directly in Quick Credit and Investment Money Lending Limited (subsequently renamed "Quick Credit & Investment Micro-Credit Limited" and now renamed "Bills Micro Credit Limited");

ii. Shares owned by the parties directly ni Quick Angels Company Limited;

iii. Shares owned by the parties directly or indirectly in Waterfall Engineering Limited;

iv. Shares owned by the parties directly or indirectly in Tigon Entertainment Limited;

v. Shares owned by the parties directly or indirectly ni JenamGh Company Limited;

vi. Shares owned by the parties directly or indirectly in Alcilla Farms Limited;

vii. Shares owned by the parties directly or indirectly in Ridge Medical Centre Limited

viii. Shares owned by the parties directly or indirectly in Coli Link Ghana Limited

ix. Shares owned by the parties directly or indirectly in CEQA Foods and Beverages Gh. Limited;

x. Five-bedroom house at Trasacco Estates (Phase Il), Accra;

xi. House at East Legon, Accra (situate on Parcel No. 72, Block 2, Section 075, Dzornaman - Adjiringanor, Accra);

xii. Gated storey-building house at No. 8 Jaffa Ln, Dansoman, Accra, commonly known by the parties as Dreamland;

xiii. Five-bedroom house at Mamprobi, Accra

xiv. Parcel of land at Mamprobi, Accra on which a mechanic shop is

situated;

XV. Rolls Royce Phantom vehicle with registration number DV 5264 E; xvi. Bentley Coupe with registration number DV 5268 E;

xvii. Range Rover Vogue with registration number GN 2271 - 18;

xvill. Range Rover Velar with registration number M20 - 20

XIX. Mercedes Benz G" Wagon" vehicle;

xX. Lexus4X4Vehicle;"

Risk of decision becoming an empty legal shell

Mad. Joana Quaye suggests by her affidavit supporting her application for injunction pending appeal that the final orders of the High Court reported as MRS. JOANA QUAYE v. RICHARD NII ARMAH QUAYE [TLP-HC-2026-08] sins against distribution of spousal property as constitutionally provided.

She suggests to the Court that the unilateral and "unlawful" transfer of her shares in Quick Credit, their joint 'baby', without her knowledge only to be discovered during cross-examination suggests the ability of the Respondent to unlawfully transfer marital assets.

Per the Applicant, "it is important that this Honourable Court through the exercise of its equitable jurisdiction, preserves and protects all these asset from a dissipation pending the determination of my appeal lodged at the Court of Appeal, since any disposal, transfer or alienation of any of the properties in the interim, has the profound tendency to work a substantial miscarriage of justice in this case and also, to subject me to irremediable hardships and injustice."

At paragraphs 37 and 38 of the motion of Mad. Joana Quaye, she deposes : "37. That if the Respondent is not restrained in the manner prayed for in the motion paper and the Court of Appeal eventually upholds the merits of my appeal, irreparable damage and a travesty of justice would have been occasioned me as there will be no assets to be shared equitably between us."

"38. That I am advised by counsel and verily believe same to be true that in the event of a success of my appeal, same would constitute an empty legal shell as the Respondent would have severely punished me with his actions, and almost the whole of my adult life would have gone down the drain considering that Istarted dedicating my life to the Respondent right after secondary school."

Read/download Injunction Application Pending Final Determination of Appeal below: