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The Accra 9th Circuit Court adjourned Monday to February 2 the case involving a doctor and two others allegedly stolen ¢ 18 million.
This is to allow the substantive judge to take over the case.
The Court, chaired by Samuel Bright Acquah, had previously posted a bond of ¢ 18 million with four bonds each to Patrick Henry Asiamah-Andoh and Job Kwasi Mensah for allegedly stealing ¢ 18,600,000 from their employer.
The bonds, ordered the Court, must be residents within the jurisdiction of the Court, they must be public servants with incomes of not less than ¢ 2,000 while the defendants must appear once a week to the Regional Police Command.
Both defendants pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit the crime, namely robbery and theft.
His accomplice, Dr. Isaac Musah Addo, was not in court when the case was first called in December 2020.
Chief Inspector William Kwadwo Boateng told the court that Mohammed Hama was the plaintiff and owner of Maiga Oil and a resident of Oshuman in Accra.
He said that Dr. Addo, currently a fugitive, is a doctor staying at Mamprobi; Asiamah-Andoh was the General Manager of Ezy Oil and a Lashibi resident, while Mensah, a construction technologist, resides at Lakeside Estate and also an employee of the plaintiff.
Chief Inspector Boateng said the plaintiff, who was licensed by the Oil Marketing Company (OMC), owned oil stations in Ablekuma and Oshuman.
It said that in February 2020, the plaintiff hired the services of Dr. Addo and Asiamah-Addo to manage their gas stations, as well as the OMC license for him.
The prosecution said that Mensah also joined the two in March 2020 and between February and March the three withdrew various sums of money from the plaintiff’s Stanbic bank account.
He said that the monies were intended to pay taxes to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), totaling ¢ 15,000,000, Bulk Oil Storage Transportation (BOST) Company Limited, ¢ 600,000 and National Petroleum Authority (NPA), ¢ 3,000,000, all to the tune of ¢ 18,600,000.
Chief Inspector Boateng said that as a result, GRA, BOST and NPA placed an embargo on the plaintiff’s OMC license, preventing their gas stations from lifting fuel, so he questioned the defendants but could not account. of money.
He then filed a formal complaint with the police, which led to the arrest of the three and after investigations, they were prosecuted.
Efforts were being made to arrest Dr. Addo, the prosecution said.
Rebecca Darko, their attorney, who informed Mr. Boakye Agyemang, informed the Tribunal that Dr. Addo had not escaped but was not within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal when they were summoned.
He said the defendants had cooperated with the police since their arrest and had a fixed place of residence.
Ms. Darko asked the prosecution to provide the defendants with all necessary documents that they could rely on for trial.
