NDC’s Ashie Moore Accused Of Kidnapping, Extortion In $5 Million Ransom Scandal Involving Singaporean Investor

The Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Emmanuel Nii Ashie Moore, has been accused of orchestrating a kidnapping and extortion scheme against a Singaporean national, TOH YOU KANG.

According to emerging details, the NDC top politician allegedly used his influence to engineer the unlawful arrest of the Singaporean businessman under false pretenses after defrauding him of significant sums through a bogus or failed/deceitful Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) electric cable supply contracts.

Sources close to the matter indicate that during TOH’s arrest and unlawful detention in Accra Central Police Command, Mr Ashie Moore seized his mobile phone and took photographs of him in police custody.

Mr Ashie Moore then reportedly sent these images to TOH’s brother via WhatsApp message, claiming his brother TOH You Kang has been arrested In Ghana and would not be released unless they paid a ransom of US $$5 million.

In the exhibit ExH'R' in the filed court process which clearly shows how Mr Ashie Moore using his personal MTN phone number +0244218145 to send the WhatsApp message to the brother of Singaporean national, accompanied with the half naked pictures to inform the brother of the Singaporean national on how he was arrested in Ghana for allegedly defrauding a Chinese and a Ghanaian business man of $5 million.

The contents of the test messages that Mr Ashie Moore sent to the brother of Singaporean national in possession of this news outlet reads in part: "Your brother Toh You Kang has been arrested in Ghana for defrauding a chinese and a Ghanaian business man of $5 million.

 He is currently in police custody awaiting trial," the message concluded.

This revelation adds a new twist to an already controversial legal battle, where Mr. TOH on Thursday June 27 filed a Human Rights suit at the Accra High Court, seeking the recovery of US$800,000 and GH¢20 million in damages for alleged human rights violations, fraud, extortion, and psychological abuse. 

The case has triggered calls for an independent investigation into the alleged abuse of political power and criminal conduct.

According to the sources, they were completely disappointed in a quick denial by Mr Ashie Moore of US$800,000 defrauding charged preferred against him by Singaporean National since all 
the facts of evidence provided by Singaporean  national to support his case had proven that Mr Ashie Moore has defrauded the foreign investor.

They stressed that these evidence provided by Singaporean national through a law suit  filed through his Lawyer, Mr Cephas Boyuo Esq  were overwhelming and narrates chilling events of human rights violations and criminal acts of extortion against Mr. Ashie Moore.

They pointed out that the quick response to the allegations levelled against Mr Ashie Moore through his Lawyer, Mr Tettey Tetteh in the publication on Friday June 28, 2025 was calculated attempt for him to throw dust onto eyes of Ghanaians, particularly the supporters of the NDC to make the defrauding case against him looks unbelievable.

They described his action as a joke.