The lawyer representing the former Deputy Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has denied reports that his client has been summoned by the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) for questioning.

Speaking on JoyNews, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah emphasized that no law enforcement agency has reached out to Gifty Oware-Mensah regarding any investigation.

"Up until today, she had not been invited by the BNI. Up until today, no security agency has invited her.

"I am putting it on record, Gifty Oware, up until today, has not been invited by any security agency," he stated.

He clarified that after the arrest of Kwaku Ohene Djan, a former Deputy Executive Director of the NSA, speculation arose suggesting that NIB was searching for Oware-Mensah and that she had fled the country.

To address these claims, he said they reached out to the intelligence agency to set the record straight."We wrote because, following the arrest of Kwaku Ohene, there were a lot of publications that the BNI was looking for her and she had absconded.

"Subsequently, the president went to Parliament to make a similar allusion, although her name was not mentioned. So when we put one and two together, we concluded that all references were to her," Mr Awuah said.

Despite never being officially asked to appear, Oware-Mensah voluntarily returned to Ghana to dispel any suspicions about her whereabouts.

"Now, when you put these facts together, would you describe her as a flight risk?" he questioned.

Responding to remarks by Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin, who stated that Oware-Mensah would later meet with the NIB, Awuah clarified that this was a preemptive move to avoid unnecessary tensions.

"The Minority Leader, seeing what had happened to Kwaku Ohene Djan, concluded that the rambo-style of arrest did not engender peace and might lead to protests, which would not augur well for the work of the BNI.

"So he went out of his way to ensure that certain arrangements were made so that people were not picked up in that manner," Mr Awuah explained.

He also voiced concerns about how information regarding his client had been handled, arguing that "I’m putting it on record that Gifty has not been invited by anybody, so I don’t know who even briefed the president. It's unfortunate."