The Abura Dunkwa Circuit Court in the Central Region has granted a GHC6,000 bail to a fake chief for defrauding three persons.
The suspect, a self-acclaimed Chief of Abura Dunkwa, who goes by the name Nana Okromansa Ofosu Amoah IV, is said to have assured the complainants that he had links in the security services and will get them recruited into the Ghana Armed Forces, Ghana Ambulance Service, and Ghana Police Service.
He managed to convince the victims Julius Adepa, Doris Owusu, and Owusu Ansah all unemployed who then paid him 5400 Ghana Cedis each.
But the suspect after receiving the monies from the victims went into hiding.
He, however, was spotted on January 4, 2023, and was reported to the Abura Dunkwa Police who effected his arrest.
Subsequently, the suspect was sent to the Abura Dunkwa Circuit Court and remanded into Police Custody at the Cape Coast Ankaful Prisons.
During the investigation, it was established that the accused is not a gazetted Chief.
He is to reappear before the court on March 9, 2023.