Ghanaian lover breaks silence after Brit widow scammed out of £1m before she died in car crash

After an elderly British widow was scammed out of £1million before she died in a mysterious car crash, her Ghanaian lover has finally broken his silence to slam her family. Janet Fordham , 69, lost her life savings after she became the victim of evil romance scammers. The former housekeeper had been living in a caravan at her son's home in Devon and was unable to afford food after the death of her second husband. Janet, weeks before she died in a car crash, decided to fly out to Ghana to meet a man from Facebook called Daniel 'Kofi' Agyapong who reportedly told the Brit mum he could help her get the £1million back. The mum's family claimed they believe Janet had been murdered in the west African country but Agyapong hit back at their claims and said he and Janet had fallen in love. An inquest, last week, heard the 69-year-old had been a victim of fraudsters based in the UK, Germany, the US and Ghana, and she flew out to meet Agyapong after he promised to get back her stolen money. Agyapong and Janet eventually got engaged but on Valentine's Day , in 2023, the pair had been driving to see the man's family when she died. The lover said it was an accident but Janet's family believe she was killed when he realised the Brit had no money. Despite this, Agyapong recalled the crash to the Daily Mail, saying: "The road was narrow and it was being repaired. "We were driving towards where my family lived and then another car came towards me, it was overtaking. There was nothing I could do, to avoid it I swerved and we came off the road and turned over twice, we hit a tree, there was nothing I could do, and I take full responsibility for what happened." The man protested the claims of Janet's family and questioned why he would kill the 69-year-old. He said: "Do you not think the Ghana police would have investigated this fully? Why would I want to kill her, I loved Janet and she loved me. For God's sake it was an accident ." He added: "I was not covered by any insurance and have no money to pay for the hospital and medical bills. They need to know I loved Janet so much, I was holding her as she was dying." The man claimed the 69-year-old was "only happy when she was in Ghana with me" and claimed they were going to get "married so she could stay here and be in Ghana". He said Janet was "lonely and miserable" in the UK. He said: "I loved her so much, I think about her every day, I miss her and all I want to do is go to England, put flowers on her tomb and cry. "She wanted to make a life in Ghana with me, she was happy here. The family are wrong to say I was involved; I think about what happened every day, it was an accident, she wasn't wearing a seatbelt, if she had put it on she would have survived, I should have checked. "I held her in my arms until the emergency services arrived, they took her to hospital, and the doctors tried their best but there was nothing they could do, she had a bad head injury. I was hurt as well and I still have pains now in my neck, but I would give anything for Janet to be here with me now." Agyapong revealed that his plan to get Janet's money back was to call the police and get the scammers arrested, claiming they were "close" to getting the criminals before her death. He told the Mail: "I want Janet's family to know I am not a bad person; I wanted to help her because I loved her. I am an innocent man." A report into Janet's death said the crash did happen after the man swerved his car to avoid an oncoming vehicle. The report added the Brit was "found unconscious" and died after a "severe head injury". A police spokesperson, according to the Daily Mail, said there was no indication of foul play in Janet's death. He added: "Because the victim was a UK national, the High Commission in Accra was informed and a liaison officer attended the postmortem of the deceased at the local hospital. The pathologist ruled that the death was from a head injury following a road traffic accident and the deceased was not wearing a seatbelt. There were initial suspicions that there might have been something untoward, but this was discounted and if the High Commission liaison officer had suspected anything then further investigations would have been carried out, but they were satisfied the death was due to a road traffic accident." The spokesperson said: "The pathologist ruled that the death was from a head injury following a road traffic accident and the deceased was not wearing a seatbelt. There were initial suspicions that there might have been something untoward, but this was discounted and if the High Commission liaison officer had suspected anything then further investigations would have been carried out, but they were satisfied the death was due to a road traffic accident."