The sacked official of the Ghana International Bank in the UK, Mark Arthur, has said the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, is innocent in the cash transaction that subsequently got him to lose his job.
Mr. Arthur was dismissed after the traditional ruler of the Kingdom of Ashanti, summoned him to his multimillion-pound residence in Henley-on-Thames and handed him a bag containing almost £200,000 in sterling as well as $200,000 in US currency for saving at the bank.
The aggrieved banker, from New Barnet, Hertfordshire, a dual citizen of the UK and Ghana, drove to his own home with the cash and then took it in an Uber taxi to the bank’s City offices for deposit in the king’s account, he told an employment tribunal.
In a statement submitted to the court yesterday and cited by Starr News, Mr Arthur insisted that he also did nothing wrong in the huge financial transaction.
“Mr Arthur’s position throughout his suspension, investigation, disciplinary process and the Employment Tribunal hearing is that he had done nothing wrong.
“Mr Arthur has consistently confirmed in evidence that at no time did he suspect that the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, did anything wrong,” portions of the statement said.
Story: News Desk
