“I need to spend time with my kids. They are the most important thing for me now.”
Prophet Boadi Nyamekye Breaks Silence on US Exile, Denies EOCO Probe
By Gifty Boateng
For two years, Prophet Dr Michael Boadi Nyamekye, founder of Makers House Chapel International, was a ghost in Ghana. His church ran on autopilot. His members whispered. And when The New Republic broke the story on June 4 that he had fled to the United States as the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) closed in, the rumour mill went into overdrive.
Now, the prophet has spoken and his explanation is as human as it is startling.
In an exclusive interview with The New Republic last Thursday, a combative but emotional Nyamekye denied he had run from anything. Instead, he said, he had simply chosen his family over his flock.
“I have been away from my wife and five children since 2023,” he said. “I never spent a month with them. In 2025, I went to the US for my 19-year-old son’s graduation. I looked at my children some as young as 14 and 16 and realised a lot had passed without me.”
The decision to stay, he insists, was not a flight from justice but a father’s reckoning. “What you can tell the whole world is that I need to spend time with my kids. They are the most important thing for me now.”
But the prophet’s personal awakening has been overshadowed by a darker narrative. The New Republic story that triggered this interview alleged that Nyamekye may be may on a self-imposed exiled following EOCO investigations into former Energy Minister Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh (Napo) a man Nyamekye calls “not just a friend but a brother.”
One of the probes dangling around the former Minister’s neck is centres on a controversial mathematical sets contract signed while he was Education Minister.
Sources close to the Makers House Chapel who are familiar with Dr Nyamekye says his relationship with Prempeh while the NPP was in power had been in seral whispers and would not be surprise if the prophet’s name is drowned into the web. Nyamekye, however, is categorical: he is not under investigation.
“One of the cases being scrutinised is the mathematical sets contract. That is the former minister’s matter. He has confirmed it publicly,” Nyamekye said. He also revealed that he has only visited Napo’s office once in the former minister’s two terms under President Akufo-Addo.
But critics note that Nyamekye’s proximity to power is hardly that of a casual observer.
The prophet’s social media feeds tell a different story. In a video marking the 59th birthday of former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia the NPP’s 2024 flagbearer Nyamekye is seen surrounded by party bigwigs, showering praise on the politician.
“On my status DP, I displayed him,” Nyamekye said, defending his openness. “People called me asking, ‘Osofo, you can’t show that a politician is with you.’ I said that is hypocrisy. If you love somebody, you should tell.”
He went further, urging Christians to support Bawumia: “Men are not to be judged by their religion but by their capacity. He has the right capacity to do the right things for this nation.”
While Nyamekye worships at the Assemblies of God in the US, his Ghanaian church continues under resident pastor Nii Armarh. The prophet insists he remains in touch leading daily morning devotions remotely and that the church will survive his absence.
“If I die, the church will continue,” he said, dismissing concerns about his exile.
He also recalled a 2017 episode when he was accused of building his church on government land and being affiliated with the NDC. Now, his ties to the NPP are undeniable.
Nyamekye says he is not running. He denies any EOCO summons. And he insists that when the time comes, he will return to Ghana. But for now, the church can wait.
His 19-year-old son starts college in August. The 14-year-old and 16-year-old need their father. And the prophet has chosen them over the pulpit at least for now.