Court issues warrant for arrest of three

Page 55: October 23, 2008.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE Accra Circuit Court has issued three separate warrants for the arrest of three persons accused of defrauding some other people of thousands of Ghana cedis.
The suspects, Nana Boakye, alias Ofori, Kofi Boateng, alias Fofie Francis, and Alex Appiah Dankwah, are said to have jumped court bail after they made first appearances in the court.
A source at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service told the Daily Graphic that Nana Boakye went to Dormaa Ahenkro in the Brong Ahafo Region to demand and allegedly collected more than GH¢60,000 from some persons in the town on the pretext of securing them entry visas to the United States of America and Italy.
The source said after collecting the money, Nana Boakye went into hiding until he was arrested in September, this year.
It said when the court granted him bail, he failed to re-appear at the adjourned date.
Similarly, it said, Kofi Boateng, a native of Mim in the Brong Ahafo Region, went to collect huge sums of money from a group of persons at Asamankese in the Eastern Region on the pretext of securing them entry visas to various destinations abroad.
The source said the suspect, who failed to secure the visas for his victims, also refused to refund the money.
Accordingly, it said, he was arrested and arraigned on a charge of defrauding by false pretences.
The source said Kofi Boateng also failed to re-appear before the court.
With regard to Appiah Danquah, the source said the suspect collected money from his victim on the pretext of procuring him a KIA truck.
It said Appiah Danquah failed to procure the KIA truck and also failed to refund the money and went into hiding.
The source appealed to any member of the public who had information on the whereabouts of the three suspects to call 0277-311866 or 0243-474413 or alert the nearest police station.