Some aggrieved customers of the Tamale branch of Gold Coast Securities on Tuesday morning besieged the premises of the investment company to demand their locked up investments.
They angry customers and also seized the car keys of the branch manager and blocked him from moving until they have been paid all their invested amounts.
The entity, which is a subsidiary of Groupe Nduom, chaired by Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom has been under the Economic and Organized Crimes (EOCO) investigations since December 2018.
According to the aggrieved customers the management of the gold coast security had paid deaf ears to their earlier petitions, hence the decision to seize of the branch manager car keys.
The disappointed customers of Gold Coast Security are also threatening to hit the street of Tamale if the fund managers fail to pay them their monies.
Speaking to Diamond News some of the aggrieved customers majority of who are pensioners, described the situation as worrying. Hence they want government, to intervene and force the troubled company to repay their locked up investments.
Salawudeen Yaking who spoke on behalf of the aggrieved customers said the management was not forthcoming and they will soon take legal action against the firm.
“What we are asking from them is a payment of our monies. They promised us last year that we will get our money in March this year. We are in March; we have not heard anything from them. The last time when, we came here they told us that they were going to give us certificates. I wonder which school we have attended that we needed certificates.”One of the customers asked.
“We need our money, have our monies now turned into certificates? This is not what we need. We can’t wait any longer, because our shops are still locked up. We need our money to pay our children’s school fees’’
Meanwhile, the cooperate affairs manager of the gold coast security head office, Benjamin Afreh speaking to diamond News said the company is currently facing liquidity challenges.
He is therefore appealing to customers to exercise patience as the company is making efforts to ensure that all customers receive their monies. However, he has unable to tell specifically when the aggrieved customers will received their monies.
