GH₵6,500 debt dispute: Mother battles to recover tricycle despite GH₵60,000 earnings claim

Madam Mary Adongo, also known as Christiana Awuni, from Ejisu Asamang, is seeking assistance to recover a tricycle, or pragyia, after a dispute with a man named Muhammad. Her son, Isaac Atampore, died in 2025 from gunshot wounds while working at a galamsey site. His company paid for his funeral, including a traditional ceremony and promised a compensation.

Muhammad, with the help of the company, purchased the tricycle for Madam Mary to earn an income and support herself financially. Initially, Muhammad allowed her to receive GH₵100 daily from the tricycle's earnings. However, she later needed financial assistance to fund her daughter's university education. Muhammad gave her GH₵2,500, but she had to take out an additional loan for her daughter's tuition and hostel fees.

Facing debt collectors, Madam Mary wants her son to take over the tricycle's operations to generate more income and help clear the debt. She claims Muhammad won't release the tricycle unless she pays GH₵6,000, an amount she disputes. Muhammad denies any wrongdoing, stating that Madam Mary received over GH₵60,000 from the tricycle business over approximately 14 months.

He also alleges she borrowed money from him repeatedly, accumulating a debt of GH₵6,500. He says he regularly sent her the business proceeds and proposed deducting the outstanding debt from the tricycle's earnings until it was fully paid. Muhammad asserts that the tricycle's documents are already in her possession. The OBRA Show's host, Ohemaa Benewaa, and the OBRA team intervened to settle the GH₵6,500 debt dispute before Madam Mary could regain control of the vehicle.