The Last Night: Some Secrets are Hidden Forever! 

a prominent Ganaian businessman, Peter Mensah, has died under mysterious circumstances in the early hours of this morning. Police were called to a private residence in the East Lon area of Acra in the early hours of this morning where Mr. Mensah was found unresponsive. A young woman believed to be connected to Mr.

 Mensah was present at the residence at the time of his death. Mr. Mensah was well known in Ghanaian business circles and was considered one of ARA’s most prominent entrepreneurs. Police have confirmed they are treating the circumstances surrounding his death as suspicious and an investigation is currently underway.

 The identity of the young woman present at the residence has not yet been officially confirmed by police. However, sources close to the investigation say she is known to the deceased. Mr. Mensah is survived by his wife and two children. He was 42 years old. Oh my god. Did you hear? Peter Mensah is gone. My sister called from the hospital.

 It’s so bad. Was it their East Leon flat? The wife? I can’t imagine. But how? How did it happen? In whose house? Peter Mensaw. The one with the wife and the kids. That one. But why though? Why do they do this? Hello, Tracy. Are you watching the news? What? No. Why? Turn on the television right now. Prominent businessman Peter Mensah has died under mysterious circumstances in East Lon. Police are investigating.

 Oh my god. Tracy, I’m here. I’m not going anywhere. I’m here. Aena [gasps and sighs] Tracy, are you alone in the house? The children are upstairs. They don’t know yet. I am coming. Right now, do not wake the children yet. Just wait for me. Okay. Sir, she’s in the bedroom. She hasn’t

said much. Don’t move anything. She asked for water. She hasn’t cried. People cry for different reasons. My name is Detective Collins. I just need to understand what happened. Tell me about that night.

He called me that afternoon. He said he needed to see me. He said it was important. How long had you known Mr. Mensah? About 2 years. We were close. When he arrived that night, what was his state of mind? He was agitated when he arrived. Very agitated. I could see it immediately. The way he walked in, the way he looked at me.

He started accusing me almost immediately before he had even sat down. He said I had stolen from him, that I had taken money that belonged to him. And had you? I didn’t steal from him. Of course not. I don’t know anything about any money. He never discussed his business dealings with me. Tell me what happened after he accused you.

He became very aggressive. He was shouting, pacing. He wouldn’t let me explain. Every time I tried to speak, he cut me off. I was frightened. He was a big man, Peter. When he was angry like that, you felt it in the room. And then what happened? That night he was agitated. He started shouting. The Stanic account the 400,000.

Where is it? Peter, sit down. You just walked in. I am not here to sit down, Nadia. I got a notification at 9:00 tonight. 400,000 cities moved out of that account. No instruction from me. No authorization. The money is gone. Only two people had access to that account. I haven’t touched that account, Peter.

I don’t know what you are talking about. Don’t do that to me. Don’t stand there and tell me you don’t know. You are the only one who knew where that account was. I never told anybody else, not even Michael. So tell me the truth right now. That money is connected to people who do not play games. Do you understand what I’m telling you? If BAFA sends someone into that account, if he already knows we are both finished.

I did not touch that money. Peter, I have been sitting here for 3 months doing everything you asked me to do, holding those accounts, keeping quiet, telling nobody, while you are god knows where, doing god knows what. And now you stand in my house and accuse me. In my own house, Peter, your house, Nadia, who do you think is paying for this house? who paid for everything in this apartment.

 I gave you access to those accounts because I trusted you. I trusted you with things I have never told another person. And now 400,000 is gone. And you are standing here talking to me about your house. Do not play games with me about this. People have lost more than money dealing with Buffo. You know what kind of man he is.

 I told you I need that money back in that account by morning. Whatever you did with it, whoever you moved it to, I don’t care. Fix it tonight. I am not fixing anything, Peter, because I did not take that money. But I think you already know that. You came here tonight because it is easier to blame me than to face the truth.

DON’T YOU DARE. DON’T YOU DARE STAND THERE AND TELL ME WHAT I KNOW. YOU THINK I AM STUPID. YOU THINK I DON’T SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING? SOMEBODY MOVED THAT MONEY AND THAT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO ANSWER FOR IT. Do you hear me? Stop acting as if you are the victim here, Peter. You brought me into this. You made me part of this.

 So whatever is happening with Bafo, that is your problem. You created it. DON’T STAND THERE AND TELL ME WHAT I CREATED. YOU KNEW EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE getting into when you fine. It’s nothing. Don’t look at me like that. I told you I’m fine. We are not finished. This conversation is not. [panting and sighs] Peter, are you all right? I’m fine.

 It’s I’m fine. Peter, look at me. Look at me right now. Something is wrong. I am calling an ambulance right now. Wait. Call Michael. Oh god. Hello, Nadia. Michael, something happened. You need to come. He asked you to call Michael.

Yes. Those were his last words to me before he lost consciousness. Call Michael. Is there anything else you think I should know? No. Thank you, Miss Nadia. That will be all for today. I want to help in any way I can.

How long have you known Peter Mensah? 20 years. We met at university. He was my closest friend. Tell me about the night she called you. She called me around 2:00 in the morning. I was asleep. The call woke me up. She said something was wrong. She said Peter was there and he had collapsed. She sounded frightened.

I got dressed and I drove straight there. How long did it take you to get there? About 20 minutes. I live in East Leon. I wasn’t far. What did you find when you arrived? I was driving fast through Akra at night. I was so worried about Nadia. I had to get to her apartment. I didn’t know what I’d find. I’m in the elevator. 2 minutes.

How long? 20 minutes, maybe more. We need to call an ambulance right now. Yes, I need an ambulance. East Lagon. A man has collapsed. He is not responding properly. Please hurry. I called emergency services as soon as I assessed the situation. I gave them the address. I stayed with Peter until they arrived.

Our records show a call from your phone to her number before she called you about an hour before. What was that call about? She had called me earlier that evening. I missed the call. I was calling her back just to check on her. She was Peter’s. She was someone Peter knew. I knew her through Peter.

 We were all friends. Thank you, Mr. Michael. That would be all. 20 years is a long time. Mrs. Mensah, you can take as much time as you need before we go in. The children really missed you at the

game and the house repairs are almost done. We should plan a family weekend. Plan a family weekend. You were saying so I was thinking we could you were saying So I was saying about the trip it’s just work. Ignore it. I have to take this one minute. Sorry about that. It was important. Who was that?

Just business, Tracy. Nothing for you to worry about. Peter, you have been on that phone three times since we sat down. You got up and left the table. And now you are sitting right here in front of me and you are still not here. Tracy, I am right here. I took one call. We are having dinner. Do you know what it feels like to sit across from your husband and feel completely invisible? It hurts. Peter, it actually hurts.

Tracy, come. Let’s go upstairs. He was leaving. Stop it there. Who is that? The building security log shows your key card was used at 9:47 p.m. on the night in question. You left the building and returned. You told me you were home all evening before Mr. Mensah arrived. My client has already provided her statement. If you have new evidence you

would like to discuss. I went out briefly to get some air. I came straight back. Between the time Mr. Mensa collapsed and the time the ambulance was called. Our records show approximately 17 minutes. What happened during those 17 minutes? My client does not have to account for every minute. I was in shock.

 I don’t remember every detail. I was trying to help him. What did you DO TO HIM? WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY NEPHEW in that apartment? WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED in there. You think you can just walk out of that building and walk around like nothing happened? God is watching you. Peter, when we talked to you, you didn’t listen. You should have listened.

 How did you get yourself into this situation? How, Peter? Look at what you have done to us. Look at the pain you are putting us through. Mrs. Mensah, thank you for seeing me. I want you to take me through that evening from when Mr. Mensah arrived home. Take your time. He had been away for several months. He came back 2 days before that Friday evening. He was not himself when he came

back. What do you mean he was not himself? He was distant, agitated, as if he had come home, but his mind was still somewhere else entirely. That was not unusual. But that evening, it was worse than I had seen in a long time. Did you argue that evening? Yes, we argued. It was not the first time.

It was not unusual for us to argue when he came home from a long time away. What did you argued about? The same things we always argued about. his absence, the children, the fact that he had been away for months and came home for 2 days and was already leaving again. I also told him that I was frightened, that I knew he was involved in things I didn’t fully understand, things that weren’t right.

 I had been trying to tell him that for a long time. And then he left. And then he left. After he drove out of that gate, I never saw him again. Thank you, Mrs. Menser. I think that’s everything I need from you today. You’re going out again. It’s important business, Tracy. I have to go. It’s always important business.

Peter, you have been back for 2 days. Two days. You have not sat down with your children for one evening. You have not asked me how I am. Not once. I provide for this family. Everything in this house, the children’s school, everything you have, it comes from the work I do. That is what a man does. I am not talking about money, Peter.

 I am talking about you, your presence. Do you know your son asked me last week if you were coming to his school prize giving? I didn’t know what to tell him. I didn’t know if you were even going to be in the country. Tracy, I have people waiting on me right now. Real money, real consequences. You don’t understand the pressure I am under. Not tonight. Please, not tonight.

Peter, why do you keep doing this to us? Why? Every time you come home, it is the same thing. You walk through that door and within two days, you are already on your way out again. I am so tired, Peter. I am so tired of this. I am doing all of this for you, for the children. You think this life runs by itself? I don’t have time for this tonight.

Tracy, do you know what it is like to explain to your children why their father is never here? Do you know what it is like to sit at every school event alone and smile and tell people you are fine? I’ve been covering for years. Spe, you think I don’t want to be here? You think I enjoy living like this? I’m trying to hold everything together.

Everything. And instead of support, instead of one person in my corner, I come home to this. I will deal with this when I get back.

Wow. Peter Mensah was a man who built things. He built businesses. He built a family. He built a name that this city knew. What we build in this life tells us who we were. And Peter Mensah built much. Peter loved his children in the way he knew how. And I will spend the rest of my life making sure they know that.

Peter Mensah was the most driven man I have ever worked with. When he believed in something, nothing could. He was generous. He was funny. He was a hand of men’s men’s legacy will outlive all of us. Tracy, I am so sorry. He was my brother. Take care of yourself. Auntie, we are all feeling this.

 Peter was a son to all of us, not just to you. He was my first born. 42 years I have had that boy. 42 years. Auntie Peter was the one we all looked up to. Every single one of us in this family. He made us all proud. Sister, you have not eaten properly since this happened. You have not slept. Peter would not want to see you like this.

When Tracy comes and she will be here shortly, we will go through the report together. All of us. So everyone hears the same thing at the same time. We need to know what happened in that apartment that night. All of it. The full truth. Peter deserves that much. She should be here soon, right? She’s on her way.

Tracy, we are so sorry. We are so sorry for everything. Tracy, we are so sorry. We are so sorry for everything. Tracy, I’m so sorry for your loss. Peter was like a brother and I just Tracy, you are a strong woman. Peter was blessed to have you. My daughter, God knows we did not expect any of this.

Tracy, how are you managing my daughter? I’m managing, ma. Thank you. The children are what keep me going. Tracy, how are the children? Are they coping? They are so young to be going through this. They are children. They feel it, but they don’t fully understand it yet, which is perhaps a mercy. Sister Tracy, we just want you to know that you are not alone.

 Whatever you and the children need, we are all here. Thank you. That means a lot. It really does. Thank you all for coming. I think we can begin. Tracy, we are grateful you are here with us today. The cause of death is recorded as acute mocardial infection, cardiac arrest. The manner of death is natural. The report finds no evidence of external trauma or poisoning.

 My son was a healthy man, 42 years old. He did not just collapse and die. That report tells us nothing. It tells us what they want us to believe. We cannot let this go. Peter’s name, this family’s name cannot be left like this. That woman was there. She knows what happened. We need a lawyer. We need our own investigation. We should also think about the media.

Public pressure has worked before. If the story stays alive, people will keep asking questions. And the businesses, someone needs to look at what was happening with his accounts. There is money that needs to be accounted for. I want to say something and I need everyone in this room to hear me properly.

Two years ago, I came to you. I sat in your house and I told you your son was seeing other women. Do you remember what you told me? You told me to be patient. You told me to be a good wife. You told me not to embarrass the family. When I told you he was drinking, spending nights away from home, coming home at hours no married man should be coming home.

 You told me every man has his ways. When I told you I was frightened, that he was involved in things I did not understand, that something was very wrong. You told me I was being difficult, that I did not understand the pressure of a man’s work. Now he is gone. Now nobody knows what happened in that apartment. And now now you want justice. I just want to know what happened to my son. I understand that.

I want to know, too. But where was this energy when I needed it? Where was the justice when I was asking for help? Peter made choices. Every single day he woke up and he made choices. The women, the drinking, the dark dealings none of us fully understood. Those choices led him to that apartment. Not Nadia, not anyone else.

Peter, I will not be pursuing any investigation. There is nothing to find that will bring him back. What I will be doing is raising my children and helping them understand that their father loved them, even if he had a very poor way of showing it. So, at school this week, my friend and I

were talking about the project. Really? Yeah. And then we decided to work on it together after class. And then what? This equation. You’ve done the first step correctly, but look at what happens here. But that’s what Mr. Asante showed us. Mr. Sante was wrong. Mommy, are you going to be okay? Yes, Quimey. I’ll be just fine.

Okay. Good night, my love. Is daddy watching us from heaven? Yes, daddy is watching you. Both of you. You brought these? I did from the

bakery. They look good. This one’s amazing. I’m glad you like them. Thank you. How are you? Really, some days are better than others. The children are what keep me going. They always have been. I think we should go away. Just the three of us. Somewhere outside Acra, a resort, the beach. Yes. Good. It’s decided.

Can we go in? Can we go in now? Go. Mom, this is so good. I’m glad, sweetie. I swam so much today. It’s beautiful here. I can’t believe we’re finally here.

It feels good, doesn’t it? So good to us. He called me that afternoon. He said he needed to see me. He said it was important.

20 years we met at university. He was my closest friend. Tracy