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Court imposes fine on fake Police officer

By
Erica Apeatua Addo, GNA

Enchi (WN/R),
December 10, GNA – The Enchi District Magistrate court on Tuesday imposed a
fine of 1,200 Ghana cedis on a 41 year-old pastor who posed as a police officer
and duped three persons of GH¢3,000.00 under the pretext of getting them
enlisted into the Ghana Police Service.

Gideon Nkrumah in
default of the fine would serve nine months imprisonment in hard labour.

The presiding judge,
His worship Mr Eric Baah Boateng, also ordered Nkrumah to sign a GH¢2,000.00 bond
to be of good behavior for twelve months or in default nine months imprisonment
in hard labour.

The court before
pronouncing judgment considered the following that Nkrumah in his first
appearance in court pleaded guilty to the charges of impersonation and
defrauding by false pretense and prayed for leniency. He has also refunded in
full the amount he collected from his victims.    

Prosecuting, Police
Detective Sergeant Richard Hackman Addae, earlier informed the court that, the
complainants; Ruben Tetteh, Augustine Andoh Amoah and Mary Animah all teachers
at Boinso in the Aowin Municipality, while the accused resides at Elubo in the
Jomoro District  and claims to be the
founder of Missiah Power Ministry church.

The prosecution said
at about 1600 hours, on November 19, this year, the Boinso Police had a tip off
that the accused had arrived in the Boinso community and was claiming to some
residents that he was a Police officer stationed at Elubo and that he was doing
a special undercover investigation in the town.

He said on that same
day at about 1700 hours Nkrumah proceeded to the Boinso Police station and
introduced himself to the duty bearers as a police officer with service number
43 D/Sgt from Elubo.

Detective Addae said
after the introduction the accused left the police station but the officers on
duty secretly followed him and nabbed him at his hideout.

The prosecution said
while the officers were interrogating the accused at the Police station;
Tetteh, Amoah and Animah arrived to lodge a complaint that the accused person
had collected a sum of GH¢3,000.00 from them with the assurance of assisting
them get enlisted into the Ghana Police Service.

GNA   

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