By
Priscilla Obour/ Dominic Antwi Agyei
Kumasi, Feb. 13, GNA
– Madam Akua Donkor, a former presidential aspirant of the Ghana Freedom Party,
accused of fraudulently selling a family property, was on Thursday granted bail
in the sum of GH¢12.000.00 by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Court.
Madam Donkor, also a farmer, allegedly sold a
33 acre parcel of land, belonging to her family, at the cost of GH¢10,500.00 to
one Faustina Yeboah, the complainant in the case, but refused to pay back the
money when complainant found out the property does not belong to her.
She pleaded not
guilty to the charge and would make her next appearance before the Court
presided over by Miss Mary Nsenkyire on March 10, 2020.
Prosecuting, Police
Chief Inspector Timothy Amoako, told the Court that the complainant is a
trader, living in Kumasi.
He said during the
year 2009, complainant and her younger brother, one Kwabena Appiah Nuamah, who
lives in the United Kingdom, approached Madam Donkor at Ajuratia near Kumasi
and negotiated with her for the purchase of the said parcel of land to be used
for farming purposes.
Madam Donkor
subsequently apportioned 33 acres of land to complainant and her brother and an
amount GH¢10,500.00, was paid to her.
The Prosecution said
Madam Donkor then prepared an indenture on the purchased land and handed it
over to the complainant and her brother.
Mr Amoako said the
complainant and her father, one Kofi Appiah Nuamah, a witness in the case cleared
a portion of the land and cultivated crops such as cocoa, plantains, cassava
and maize.
Prosecution said,
barely a year after, some people who claimed to be relatives of the accused
started harassing the complainant and her father any time they go to worked on
the land.
He said the
relatives ordered the complainant to clear off from the land and since that
parcel of land was their family property and Madam Donkor did not have any
right to sell it.
The Prosecution said
the complainant reported to Madam Donkor, who told her to ignore her relatives
and continue working on the land.
Chief Inspector
Amoako said, at a certain stage, the harassment and threatening from the
relatives heightened so Akua Donkor reported their conduct to the Kumasi
Central Police Station and some of her (relatives), were arrested.
He said the Police
forwarded the case to Court but the relatives were advised to resort to civil
action which they did, and a verdict was pronounced against the accused.
The Prosecution said
Madam Donkor, after the court action, promised to refund the amount involved to
the complainants but later refused to do so and resorted to playing hide and
seek with complainant.
He said the
complainant then lodged a complaint to the police and Madam Donkor was arrested.
The Prosecution said
after police investigations, the accused was charged with the offence and
brought before the Court.
GNA