Reports indicate that a businessman named Emmanuel Kodjo Narh has been sentenced to a 12-month jail term for bigamy by an Accra Circuit Court.

Justice Christina Cann, who presided over the case, stated that the accused person had initially been cleared of charges of threats to harm until the prosecution successfully established the crime of bigamy.

The report reveals that the complainant, a nurse residing in the USA and a native of Odumase Krobo, had a valid marriage with Narh, while he was also legally married to another woman in Ghana.

The prosecution presented the sequence of events, explaining that the complainant, who was abroad in the USA in June 2015, received a call from her property manager in Ghana informing her about a road construction near her property. The property manager provided the complainant with several phone numbers, including Narh's, to address the issue. Narh answered the call and promised to handle the problem.

According to the report, Narh and the complainant developed a friendship from their initial interaction, with Narh calling her daily to check up on her. In August 2015, Narh proposed to the complainant, but she declined, expressing her desire to get to know him in person first. She planned to visit Ghana to discuss the proposal.

The prosecution continued, stating that the complainant and Narh met for the first time on October 26, 2015, when she arrived at the airport. On October 28, 2015, Narh proposed to her with a ring, introduced her to his family, and showed her some of his workers.

During their engagement, the complainant discovered another marriage certificate dated October 4, 2008, between Narh and another woman. It was later revealed that Narh had children with two other women without being married to them. The complainant, who was a divorcee, decided to end the marriage upon returning to the USA.

The matter was reported to the police, leading to the arrest of Narh's first wife. Narh claimed that both women were his wives. The complainant sought to dissolve the fraudulent marriage upon her return to the USA.

On June 3, 2019, the complainant received a threatening message from Narh through his son's phone, stating, "We shall see, but this time, this is going to be a tribal war, I swear."

The complainant lodged a petition with the director general of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) through her lawyer, which was subsequently referred to the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) at the Police Headquarters in Accra.

The prosecution revealed that Narh was invited for questioning, during which he stated that the marriage between him and the complainant was a "planned thing" aimed at facilitating travel documents for his daughter to the USA.