In 1959, during the First Republic of Ghana, President Kwame Nkrumah appointed him as Commissioner of Income Tax, the first African to hold that position. He went into exile in Togo in 1962, after criticising President Nkrumah in a church sermon, and being alerted of his imminent arrest, which led to his leaving the church and heading directly to the Togo border.
In 1959, during Ghana's First Republic, President Kwame Nkrumah appointed him as Commissioner of Income Tax, setting a precedent for an African in that role. He sought asylum in Togo in 1962 after publicly criticizing President Nkrumah from the church and receiving warnings about his impending arrest, prompting him to leave the church and make a swift journey to the Togo border.