GRi in Court Ghana 28 - 09 - 2000
Ade
Coker-CHALCA case for October 25
Six
before tribunal for 39,000 pounds fraud
Ade Coker-CHALCA case for October 25
Accra (Greater Accra) 28 September 2000
The determination of the case involving Ghana
Football Association's Vice-Chairman, Mr. Joseph Ade Coker, about his
legitimacy as the Vice-Chairman of the Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA),
seemed to have suffered another set back.
For the sixth time running, an Accra high court
has adjourned ruling on the case to Wednesday, October 25.
Mr. Joseph Ade Coker, who is also the club
chairman of troubled Accra Great Olympics, is praying the court to quash a
decision by GHALCA to dismiss him from office.
Today's ruling was adjourned because the judge,
Victor Ofoe, was attending the hospital.
On Monday, August 7, the court granted leave to
Mr. Joseph Ade Coker, to apply for an order of certiorari to quash the decision
by GHALCA dismissing him from office.
Consequently, Mr. Ade Coker is to remain in
office until the determination of the substantive case.
On Wednesday, August 3, GHALCA passed a vote of
no confidence in Mr. Coker as their Vice-Chairman claiming it was in line with
the association's constitution.
CHALCA informed the GFA that its entire
membership had unanimously voted out Mr. Coker as the Vice-Chairman of the
association.
The letter signed by its Chairman Mr. J. Y.
Appiah said by their decision, Mr. Coker should no longer represent GHALCA on
the GFA as its Vice-Chairman.
Mr. Ade Coker is on the GFA board by virtue of
his position in GHALCA.
Clause (4) of article 12 of the GHALCA
constitution, states that, "an officer can only be dismissed, expelled or
suspended or otherwise removed from office by a complaint in writing stating
that the officer to be removed, shall be presented to a judicial committee who
shall adjudicate on the case and pronounce judgement.
The judgement of the judicial committee shall
be subject to an Appeals Tribunal to be set up by the General Assembly."
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Six before tribunal for 39,000 pounds fraud
Accra (Greater Accra) 27 September 2000
Six persons on Tuesday appeared before a
circuit tribunal in Accra charged with fraudulently using credit cards to
import consumer items to the tune of 39,000 pounds.
They all pleaded not guilty to conspiracy,
defrauding by false pretences and abetting of crime and were granted 20 million
cedis bail with one surety each until October 16.
They are Dela Deegbe, a receptionist, Patrick
Adams Heinno, graphic designer, Alex Dotse, electrician, Benjamin Glover,
computer analyst, David Eduafo, waiter and Edward Adjin Tee, assistant
postmaster.
The tribunal chaired by Mr. Ziblim Moru ordered
that arrest warrants be issued against three other accomplices, Raymond
Adesesan Adeyokunnu, Charles Sam and Ola, who are on the run.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Patrick Sarpong
said in August, last year, the accused conspired to use by fraudulent means the
credit card of an American, Mr. Robert Jolly who was lodging at the Golden
Tulip Hotel.
Mr. Sarpong said on November 5 that year,
Deegbe, a receptionist at the hotel, who gave information on the credit card to
the syndicate was arrested when the fraud was detected.
DSP Sarpong said Deegbe confessed to giving
three credit cards bearing the names of Murry Williams, Borgogono Andino and
Hope to Heinno who was also arrested.
He said Deegbe and Heinno told police
investigators that they used some of the credit cards to order items like bags,
shoes, pants, jeans and swimming costume from a company called Victoria Secret
in America.
Heinno mentioned Dotse, Glover, Eduafo and
Adeyokunnu as having also used the cards to order goods from America.
The prosecutor said Glover being a computer
analyst, sold the idea of the use of the credit cards to Heinno and later
brought in Eduafo and Sam, a computer operator at the Nogahill Hotel.
Adeyokunnu the leader of the syndicate sent
messages to companies in America for the purchase of Motorola and Nikon mobile
phones, belts, gold and diamond rings.
DSP Sarpong said Adeyokunnu subsequently
acquired a letterbox at the Accra New Town post office, where Adjin is the
Assistant Postmaster and through which they received the parcels.
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Man jailed for stealing anvil
Asamankese (Eastern Region) 27 September 2000
Kwesi Manu, unemployed, who stole an anvil from
the workshop of a blacksmith at Nsawam valued at 800,000 cedis and sold it for
50,000 cedis has been jailed four years by the Asamankese Circuit Court.
Manu pleaded guilty. The prosecutor, Chief Inspector E. A. Nartey told the court
presided over by Mr. S. S. Appiah that Manu, who has no specific place of
abode, broke into the workshop of Ernest Agbui on September 18 and stole the
anvil.
When Agbui discovered the theft and he reported
the matter to the Nsawam police and followed up to Katamanto in Accra, where he
suspected that the anvil could possibly be found.
Luckily for him, he spotted it there and
reported it to the police, who went to the spot and asked the man in, whose
possession it was how he came by it.
The man said he bought it for 50,000 cedis and
suspected it might have been stolen so he paid only 30,000 cedis and asked the
seller to come back to collect the balance the next day.
As a result policemen took cover nearby and when
Manu called for the balance of the money, he was arrested.
Manu, who said he was from Agona Swedru and did
not even know Nsawam, said he bought the anvil from two men in Accra and in
turn sold it.
Mr. Appiah in his judgement commended Agbui for
the effort he made to recover his stolen anvil.
The convict wept as he was led away by the
police.
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