Hi Vincent,

As an avid reader of your blog-GhanaCelebrities.Com, I just stumbled on the image (attached) on facebook and I was so disturbed I had to write to you so you can clarify things with me and your readers, Hasn’t Exopa done enough harmful for the people of Ghana to allow him and his company to be running the disgraceful tacky Ghana fashion week.

It is in the interest of most Ghanaians to question GMA association with Exopa events, having been clear to all Ghanaians the current reasons behind the imprisonment of founder of Exopa Sima Ibrahim.

Just in case GMA has failed to notice, there are a lot of Ghanaians who have morals and yearn for our nation to progress, and our children to grow within a nation where corruption, and greed leading to practices of such behaviour will not be tolerated. This must stop!

Unfortunately, we now have a Media company such as GMA rather fuelling these practices by supporting such companies, which have been clearly known to the nation to have been founded on dirty money and mal practices.

In a law abiding country such as Ghana, where GMA operates, we now have to question why GMA, that runs shows such as BeBold and other “respected programs” supposedly to encourage the youth and Ghanaians, and those in the Diaspora to join in the shaping of our nation, finds it necessary to associate with Exopa or any events under the umbrella name of Exopa.

GMA, is now boldly sending the wrong message to the people of Ghana, and most especially to the youth of tomorrow, that, it is absolutely fine to build a company on Drugs, even when you are caught and imprisoned you can have our support and still run your company while in prison.

GMA might as well host a show and make it clear to the people of Ghana, where their best interest lies. As we find your act offensive to all Ghanaians, the morally good Ghanaians, who wants to see our Country and its future generation appreciate the joys of working hard and building a strong future from your hard labor respectfully and confidently. NOT with DRUGS or COCAINE!

We are fed up of all these misleading and misdirection from such Companies and those who supports them!!! It must stop.

We believe that GMA and it’s decision makers have the foresight and wisdom enough to relate to this issue seriously, and do what it is right for the nation and it’s concerned citizens rather than turning a blind eye for the sake of what exactly???  Or perhaps a beginning of another corruption.

Thanks for reading my piece on the situation, hopefully you can add your thoughts and clarify to all your readers cheers, I was getting excited that this company http://ghanafashiondesignweek.com/ is coming from abroad to Ghana to fix the Ghana Fashion week business and then I see this image….

Please Investigate who has the legal trademark and who will be leading Ghana fashion industry to international standards.

A concerned Ghanaian Citizen

Ghanaian with style

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My Comment:

Hello Ghanaian with a style,

To say EXOPA was fully or somehow founded/established on drug money without any evidence will fetch you a defamatory lawsuit. It is however not unreasonable to make this assumption since the founder/Boss of the company was arrested, charged and convicted for peddling drugs.

In Law (from my study of Company Law), companies have their own legal personalities separated from that of their Directors, Founders or Shareholders.

Based on the above, if a Founder of a company gets into a personal trouble, his trouble does not stretch to the legal personality of the company.

However, this does not mean that when a Court finds that, the company is somehow linked to the trouble of the founder, the operations of that company cannot be questioned. Courts can look behind the company’s legal personality (Lifting the Veil) and find out if its operation is somehow linked to the troubles of the operators (Directors, Founders or Shareholders),

Looking at the above in relation to EXOPA’s issue you raised, I will fairly assume that, the court in its own wisdom and considering the evidence they had in the whole trail did not find anything that suggest that the company (EXOPA) was show how linked to the Drug charges. If they did find anything like that, then I will be shocked to see EXOPA still in operation.

Also, some where this year, the Narcotic Control Board of Ghana mentioned that, some cocaine Barons do not really care to spend years in prison and finally come out to enjoy their cocaine money and assets. As a result of this trend, the new measure is to confiscate assets of cocain Barons serving prison sentences-starting with Ibrahim Sima of EXOPA.

It was also announced that, the assets of the boss of Exopa Modelling Agency ‘ Ibrahim Sima’ will be confiscated but not given to the State, It will rather be sold to the public.

Assets they said! EXOPA Company may seem like an asset of Ibrahim Sima on the face of it but maybe there are several people such as shareholders who have enormous interest in it. Ibrahim Sima may have just been the founder or Director. This means EXOPA cannot be considered as his personal asset.

For example, on the face of it, GhanaCelebrities.Com may look like my personal asset but then there are several people with INTEREST (both legal and equity) in it so you see, things are not really what they seem to be when it comes to the law.

From your letter, I think you are worried or suggesting that, all assets of Sima should be confiscated. This is exactly what the NCB said they will do. Whether it has been done or not, I cannot confirm but will check.

What you should also know is that, in cases of seizure and confiscation, the burden of proof is not on the state or the seizing authority to establish anything.

They confiscate every asset in the criminal’s name or those that can be traced to him. The burden then lies on the criminal and his lawyers to prove that some of the assets or those assets were not obtained via criminal activities…

So probably the NCB seized everything belong to Sima including EXOPA (if that was found as his asset) and his people came to prove otherwise.

Hope I have helped!

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