24/09/2008
Story: Mary Mensah
THE National Security Co-ordinator, Dr Sam Amoo, has given the assurance that the December parliamentary and presidential polls will be held in an atmosphere of peace.
He affirmed that the security apparatus of the country had, in times past, stood the test of time and would rise to the occasion once again to avert any possible threat to the state as the elections approached.
Speaking at a two-day Election Monitoring and Policing seminar for Police commanders and members of the National, Regional and District Elections Security Task Force in Accra, Dr Amoo said the perception of insecurity and mayhem, and the spectre of a Kenya or a Zimbabwe occurring here, would not happen.
The seminar is being sponsored by the British High Commission.
He said although it was widely acclaimed that Ghana was a peaceful country, the security apparatus would not take any chances for the electoral process to be threatened.
"We have planned and will effectively execute the necessary security measures to ensure peace and stability before, during and after Election 2008," he said.
The co-ordinator said the seminar was timely, in view of the fact that the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections were less than three months away and given the backdrop of the anxiety currently being generated about them.
He said the topics for discussion included the electoral law and electoral offence, the role of the media in elections, the role of civil society in elections and democracy and human rights and the management of election conflicts.
Dr Amoo expressed the hope that all Ghanaians, irrespective of their political affiliations, would be governed by the rules, regulations and guidelines set out by the Electoral Commission to ensure peaceful elections in December 2008.
He urged the participants to approach the seminar with seriousness in order to be fully prepared for the challenges they would encounter in December.
For his part, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Patrick Kwarteng Acheampong, said since its inception in May this year, the National Elections Task Force had made steady progress.
He said a budget had been approved and members of the various sub-committees were doing their final rounds of tours in the regions to confirm earlier analyses and assessments.
The IGP said the seminar had five parts, saying the remaining four would be held in Kumasi, Tamale, Takoradi and Ho and that at the end of it all members would have improved on their store of information on the elections and the general overview of analyses and assessment countrywide.
The Political Officer of the British High Commission, Ms Rosie Tapper, said the commission had spent £500,000 in training the police, of which the seminar formed part.
She said the High Commission was confident that the elections would proceed smoothly and that there would be no room for complacency.
The Deputy Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Mr David Kanga, said the laws on the electoral process were many but the crucial ones would be made available to the public.
He called on the participants to act professionally during the elections and disseminate the right information to avoid any clashes.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
GHANA IMPROVES RATING ON CORRUPTION INDEX (Page 21)
25/09/2008
Story: Mary Mensah
Ghana Scored 3.9 out of the maximum possible score of 10 and ranked 67 on the list of 180 countries included in the 2008 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) of Transparency International.
This represents an improvement of 0.2 over Ghana’s 2007 ranking of 69 with a score of 3.7 just as last year’s score was an improvement over the 2006 performance.
The Executive Secretary of the Ghana Integrity Initiative, Mr Vitus Azeem, who announced this at a press briefing to launch Transparency International’s 2008 CPI, said this year’s score took Ghana back to its highest score ever of 3.9 that it obtained only in 2002.
He attributed Ghana’s improvement to the enactment of laws aimed at promoting transparency and accountability, considered the basis in the fight against corruption in the country.
He said the creation and support of anti-corruption or accountability institutions by the government and development partners such as DANIDA, GTZ, USAID and DFID had played an important role in getting Ghana this score.
Mr Azeem said it was unfortunate that Ghana had not reached the pass mark after eight years of zero tolerance for corruption but had taken it five years to return to its first-time high score attained in 2002, adding that with the current rate Ghana would reach the 50 per cent mark in 10 years or more.
The Executive Director indicated that the low levels of enforcement of anti-corruption laws, the newspaper reports about alleged corruption that the government did little about and the impunity with which public officials reacted to such allegations, no doubt explained Ghana’s failure to score even 4.0 on the TI’s CPI.
“Thus, while we might rejoice at the improvement of the scores from 3.7 to 3.9 we should recognise that there is more to be done. In fact the trend should awaken us to the fact that we are far from winning the fight against corruption, which also frustrates our fight against poverty reduction, disease, ignorance and efforts to reach the middle-income status,” he said.
He said globally, Denmark, New Zealand and Sweden shared the highest score of 9.3 followed immediately by Singapore at 9.2 with Somalia in the rear with 1.0 slightly trailing Iraq and Myanmar at 1.3 and Haiti at 1.4.
He said Botswana topped Africa’s performance list with 5.8 followed by Mauritius at 5.5, South Africa 4.9 and Namibia 4.5.
Spelling out what needed to be done by the current President and whoever would take over from him come January 2009, Mr Azeem called for the fast-track passage of the freedom of Information Law, to ensure that the Assets Declaration Law was complied with and that disclosures could be verified, among others.
Story: Mary Mensah
Ghana Scored 3.9 out of the maximum possible score of 10 and ranked 67 on the list of 180 countries included in the 2008 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) of Transparency International.
This represents an improvement of 0.2 over Ghana’s 2007 ranking of 69 with a score of 3.7 just as last year’s score was an improvement over the 2006 performance.
The Executive Secretary of the Ghana Integrity Initiative, Mr Vitus Azeem, who announced this at a press briefing to launch Transparency International’s 2008 CPI, said this year’s score took Ghana back to its highest score ever of 3.9 that it obtained only in 2002.
He attributed Ghana’s improvement to the enactment of laws aimed at promoting transparency and accountability, considered the basis in the fight against corruption in the country.
He said the creation and support of anti-corruption or accountability institutions by the government and development partners such as DANIDA, GTZ, USAID and DFID had played an important role in getting Ghana this score.
Mr Azeem said it was unfortunate that Ghana had not reached the pass mark after eight years of zero tolerance for corruption but had taken it five years to return to its first-time high score attained in 2002, adding that with the current rate Ghana would reach the 50 per cent mark in 10 years or more.
The Executive Director indicated that the low levels of enforcement of anti-corruption laws, the newspaper reports about alleged corruption that the government did little about and the impunity with which public officials reacted to such allegations, no doubt explained Ghana’s failure to score even 4.0 on the TI’s CPI.
“Thus, while we might rejoice at the improvement of the scores from 3.7 to 3.9 we should recognise that there is more to be done. In fact the trend should awaken us to the fact that we are far from winning the fight against corruption, which also frustrates our fight against poverty reduction, disease, ignorance and efforts to reach the middle-income status,” he said.
He said globally, Denmark, New Zealand and Sweden shared the highest score of 9.3 followed immediately by Singapore at 9.2 with Somalia in the rear with 1.0 slightly trailing Iraq and Myanmar at 1.3 and Haiti at 1.4.
He said Botswana topped Africa’s performance list with 5.8 followed by Mauritius at 5.5, South Africa 4.9 and Namibia 4.5.
Spelling out what needed to be done by the current President and whoever would take over from him come January 2009, Mr Azeem called for the fast-track passage of the freedom of Information Law, to ensure that the Assets Declaration Law was complied with and that disclosures could be verified, among others.
Friday, September 19, 2008
TRAINING PROGRAMME ON COMBATING CRIME HELD IN ACCRA (Centre Spread0
19/08/2008
Story: Mary Mensah
A five-day training programme aimed at combating drug trade, money laundering and organised crime in Ghana by the use of a common Software Application System (SAS) has ended in Accra.
The programme was organised by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) in collaboration with INTERPOL and the US Department of Justice.
Participants were drawn from the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and detectives from the Republic of Togo.
Closing the training in Accra, the Chairman of the NACOB Board, Gen (rtd) Joshua Hamidu, called on the security agencies to share intelligence in order to combat the drug menace.
He said people involved in the drug trade were dangerous and heartless, conducted their activities in secrecy and were willing to do anything to have their way.
He said due to the nature of their work, there was the need for NACOB officials, the police, Customs, Excise and Preventive Services (CEPS), Immigration and other security agencies to collaborate in the fight against drug trafficking.
The chairman, therefore, called on them to involve themselves in serious intelligence gathering and sharing.
Gen Hamidu said, “as investigators you will become vulnerable with lots of money being put before you to influence you but you must be firm in order to overcome such temptations, the welfare of the nation must be your priority”.
He urged participants to share whatever knowledge they had acquired with their colleagues in order to bring the drug situation in the country under control.
According to Mr Vincent Davies from the INTERPOL Secretariat in Lyon, France, using the new database called the Real Time Analytical Intelligence Database (RAID) would enable Ghana share information on drug trafficking, money laundering and other related crimes within the West African sub-region.
Mr Davies said the RAID facility had been installed at the premise of the NACOB to exploit information and build cases on organised crimes.
He said the facility which included computers, scanners, telephone and other gadgets would record key pieces of information and would quickly identify links among people, places, businesses, financial accounts and telephone numbers, among other things.
On his part, Mr Mark Nolta, one of the trainers from the US Department of Justice National Drug Intelligence said RAID would provide a common platform for security agencies from all countries in the sub-region to fight organised crimes.
He said already the device had been used in over 700 investigations in the US and had assisted in the arrest of several criminals and organised groups.
He expressed the hope that the device would help countries in the sub-region to fight drug traffickers and other dangerous crimes.
Story: Mary Mensah
A five-day training programme aimed at combating drug trade, money laundering and organised crime in Ghana by the use of a common Software Application System (SAS) has ended in Accra.
The programme was organised by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) in collaboration with INTERPOL and the US Department of Justice.
Participants were drawn from the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and detectives from the Republic of Togo.
Closing the training in Accra, the Chairman of the NACOB Board, Gen (rtd) Joshua Hamidu, called on the security agencies to share intelligence in order to combat the drug menace.
He said people involved in the drug trade were dangerous and heartless, conducted their activities in secrecy and were willing to do anything to have their way.
He said due to the nature of their work, there was the need for NACOB officials, the police, Customs, Excise and Preventive Services (CEPS), Immigration and other security agencies to collaborate in the fight against drug trafficking.
The chairman, therefore, called on them to involve themselves in serious intelligence gathering and sharing.
Gen Hamidu said, “as investigators you will become vulnerable with lots of money being put before you to influence you but you must be firm in order to overcome such temptations, the welfare of the nation must be your priority”.
He urged participants to share whatever knowledge they had acquired with their colleagues in order to bring the drug situation in the country under control.
According to Mr Vincent Davies from the INTERPOL Secretariat in Lyon, France, using the new database called the Real Time Analytical Intelligence Database (RAID) would enable Ghana share information on drug trafficking, money laundering and other related crimes within the West African sub-region.
Mr Davies said the RAID facility had been installed at the premise of the NACOB to exploit information and build cases on organised crimes.
He said the facility which included computers, scanners, telephone and other gadgets would record key pieces of information and would quickly identify links among people, places, businesses, financial accounts and telephone numbers, among other things.
On his part, Mr Mark Nolta, one of the trainers from the US Department of Justice National Drug Intelligence said RAID would provide a common platform for security agencies from all countries in the sub-region to fight organised crimes.
He said already the device had been used in over 700 investigations in the US and had assisted in the arrest of several criminals and organised groups.
He expressed the hope that the device would help countries in the sub-region to fight drug traffickers and other dangerous crimes.
POLICE DISPATCHES EXPERTS TO TAMALE (Page3)
03/09/2008
Story: Mary Mensah
THE Police Administration has constituted a team of police experts to investigate the alleged disappearance of weapons from the Tamale Police Armoury.
A former police officer, Inspector Kwaku Johnson, alleged on an Accra-based radio station yesterday that a number of rifles and ammunitions had been stolen from the Tamale armoury and sold to civilians, who use them to commit violent crime and to fuel the ethnic conflict in the Northern Region.
To help the team in their investigation, the Police Administration further announced the arrest of Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) Mahama Nantogma, who was in charge of the police armoury in Tamale.
The team is made up of officers from the Arms and Ammunition Registry of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters, the Police Intelligence and Professional Standard Bureau and the Internal Audit Directory.
In addition to the investigations, the team is also to conduct a thorough audit of the weapon facilities of the police in the Northern Region.
According to the Director of the Police Public Affairs Directorate, DSP Kwesi Ofori, the team has already been dispatched to give effect to the administrative orders of the high command.
He said the outcome of the investigations would be made known to the public to assure Ghanaians that the police Administration would do whatever it could to ensure the safety of the people at all times.
He said the administration was determined to flush out all miscreants and indisciplined cops from the system.
Story: Mary Mensah
THE Police Administration has constituted a team of police experts to investigate the alleged disappearance of weapons from the Tamale Police Armoury.
A former police officer, Inspector Kwaku Johnson, alleged on an Accra-based radio station yesterday that a number of rifles and ammunitions had been stolen from the Tamale armoury and sold to civilians, who use them to commit violent crime and to fuel the ethnic conflict in the Northern Region.
To help the team in their investigation, the Police Administration further announced the arrest of Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) Mahama Nantogma, who was in charge of the police armoury in Tamale.
The team is made up of officers from the Arms and Ammunition Registry of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters, the Police Intelligence and Professional Standard Bureau and the Internal Audit Directory.
In addition to the investigations, the team is also to conduct a thorough audit of the weapon facilities of the police in the Northern Region.
According to the Director of the Police Public Affairs Directorate, DSP Kwesi Ofori, the team has already been dispatched to give effect to the administrative orders of the high command.
He said the outcome of the investigations would be made known to the public to assure Ghanaians that the police Administration would do whatever it could to ensure the safety of the people at all times.
He said the administration was determined to flush out all miscreants and indisciplined cops from the system.
CHANGES IN POLICE SERVICE (Centre Spread)
03/09/2008
Story: Mary Mensah
THE Police Administration has made some changes in the regions as part of measures to strengthen the service.
All the changes take immediate effect. The Northern Regional Police Commander, Commissioner of Police (COP) Ephraim Oko Brakatu is to move to the national headquarters to head the Special Duties Unit.
COP Brakatu is expected to help strengthen the co-ordination between the national headquarters and the various regions and in addition carry out special assignments as directed by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to enhance general policing in the country.
The Director of the Police Public Affairs Directorate, DSP Kwesi Ofori, who disclosed this in Accra yesterday, said DCOP Ofosu Mensah-Gyeabour, the Upper East Regional Police Commander, would move to the Northern Region but would temporarily supervise the Northern, the Upper East and Upper West regions to ensure cohesion of police operational activities and peace enforcement in some conflict spots in the region.
He said the Central Regional Police Commander, DCOP Rose Bio-Atinga, was now to head the Service Workshop in Accra, where she is to assist in improving the workshop operations.
DSP Ofori said DCOP Bio-Atinga was one time responsible for the Technical Directorate of the service and her experience would help improve operations at the workshop, as well as the fleet of police vehicles.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Akayire Kampara, Agona Swedru Divisional Commander moves to the Central Region as Regional Commander and ACP Mahama Hamidu, Second in Command of the Upper East Region is now the substantive commander.
Chief Supt Fred Agyapong Asare of the Goaso Division of the Brong Ahafo Region is to head the East Gonja Division (Salaga)/ Northern Region and Supt Francis Aryitey Aryee is the Special Operations Assistant at the National Police Headquarters, Accra.
Story: Mary Mensah
THE Police Administration has made some changes in the regions as part of measures to strengthen the service.
All the changes take immediate effect. The Northern Regional Police Commander, Commissioner of Police (COP) Ephraim Oko Brakatu is to move to the national headquarters to head the Special Duties Unit.
COP Brakatu is expected to help strengthen the co-ordination between the national headquarters and the various regions and in addition carry out special assignments as directed by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to enhance general policing in the country.
The Director of the Police Public Affairs Directorate, DSP Kwesi Ofori, who disclosed this in Accra yesterday, said DCOP Ofosu Mensah-Gyeabour, the Upper East Regional Police Commander, would move to the Northern Region but would temporarily supervise the Northern, the Upper East and Upper West regions to ensure cohesion of police operational activities and peace enforcement in some conflict spots in the region.
He said the Central Regional Police Commander, DCOP Rose Bio-Atinga, was now to head the Service Workshop in Accra, where she is to assist in improving the workshop operations.
DSP Ofori said DCOP Bio-Atinga was one time responsible for the Technical Directorate of the service and her experience would help improve operations at the workshop, as well as the fleet of police vehicles.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Akayire Kampara, Agona Swedru Divisional Commander moves to the Central Region as Regional Commander and ACP Mahama Hamidu, Second in Command of the Upper East Region is now the substantive commander.
Chief Supt Fred Agyapong Asare of the Goaso Division of the Brong Ahafo Region is to head the East Gonja Division (Salaga)/ Northern Region and Supt Francis Aryitey Aryee is the Special Operations Assistant at the National Police Headquarters, Accra.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
COURT RESTRAINS TWO GBESE FACTIONS (Centre Spread)
14/08/2008
Story: Mary Mensah
A District Magistrate’s Court in Accra has restrained the two parties in the Gbese chieftaincy dispute from taking part in this year’s Ga Mashie Homowo festival scheduled for Saturday, August 16, 2008.
The Accra Regional Police Commander, DCOP Oppong Buanuah, who disclosed this in an interview in Accra yesterday, said information reaching the police indicated that there was the likelihood of breaches of peace at Ga Mashie and its environs over the celebrations.
He said following that information, the police on August 5, 2008 filed an affidavit at the James Town District Magistrate’s Court in support of an ex-parte motion for an interim injunction restraining both parties from sprinkling ‘kpokpoi.’
DCOP Buanuah said the police had no option but to take the action in order to maintain the peace in the area.
He said until the claim of the true custodian of the Gbese stool was legally settled, tension would remain in Gbese and its environs.
He named the parties in the dispute as Nii Okaidja III, Christopher Ayittey Adjin, Elder Samuel Agoe Okaidja, Nii Ayikumah Dinseh and Asafoatse Dinsey.
The others are Nii Ayi-Bonte also known as Tommy Okine, Nii Okai Kasablofo Adjin IV, Nii Armah Quaye, Nii Ayikwei Okai and Nii Okai Keteku.
The commander said the police would strongly enforce the order of the court and advised the two parties to adhere to the court’s order by maintaining peace and tranquillity during the Homowo celebrations.
Story: Mary Mensah
A District Magistrate’s Court in Accra has restrained the two parties in the Gbese chieftaincy dispute from taking part in this year’s Ga Mashie Homowo festival scheduled for Saturday, August 16, 2008.
The Accra Regional Police Commander, DCOP Oppong Buanuah, who disclosed this in an interview in Accra yesterday, said information reaching the police indicated that there was the likelihood of breaches of peace at Ga Mashie and its environs over the celebrations.
He said following that information, the police on August 5, 2008 filed an affidavit at the James Town District Magistrate’s Court in support of an ex-parte motion for an interim injunction restraining both parties from sprinkling ‘kpokpoi.’
DCOP Buanuah said the police had no option but to take the action in order to maintain the peace in the area.
He said until the claim of the true custodian of the Gbese stool was legally settled, tension would remain in Gbese and its environs.
He named the parties in the dispute as Nii Okaidja III, Christopher Ayittey Adjin, Elder Samuel Agoe Okaidja, Nii Ayikumah Dinseh and Asafoatse Dinsey.
The others are Nii Ayi-Bonte also known as Tommy Okine, Nii Okai Kasablofo Adjin IV, Nii Armah Quaye, Nii Ayikwei Okai and Nii Okai Keteku.
The commander said the police would strongly enforce the order of the court and advised the two parties to adhere to the court’s order by maintaining peace and tranquillity during the Homowo celebrations.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
ACCOUNTANT NABBED FOR POSTING GHOST NAMES ON PAYROLL
8/08/2008
Story: Mary Mensah
AN accountant at the head office of the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA), who allegedly posted 16 ghost names on the payroll of his employers, has been arrested by the La Police in Accra.
The suspect, Kofi Nudokpo Tordzagbo, 39, was arrested together with two accomplices at the Trade Fair branch of the Barclays Bank in Accra where they had gone to cash the June salaries.
Between April and May, this year, the suspects were said to have managed to cash GH¢27, 210 out of GH¢75, 581 which was paid into different accounts at the Barclays Bank by the Controller and the Accountant General’s Department.
The accomplices are Godwin Wonder, 40 and Christian Dzamade, 25, both unemployed.
According to the La District Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Richard Gyebi, all the three suspects were family members from Akatsi in the Volta Region.
He said on June 6, 2008, Godwin and Christian went to open new accounts at the Trade Fair branch of the Barclays Bank with photocopies of their voter ID cards.
He said the two left the bank after the branch manager refused and asked them to produce the original copies of the ID cards.
After that nothing was heard from them until June 30, 2008 when they resurfaced at the bank with the original ID cards with a letter introducing them as new employees from the GHA.
After careful examination of the letter, the branch manager suspected it to be fake so he ordered their arrest by the bank’s security who later handed them over to the police.
When they were searched five voter ID cards bearing the same picture but under different names, two cheques one bearing the names Addison Aikins and Christian Dzamadi and social security forms also filled with different names were found on them.
Upon interrogation they broke down and confessed that it was their brother who was an accountant at the GHA, who inserted their names on the payroll and asked them to cash the money for him for a fee.
While investigations were on-going, Tordzagbo appeared at the police station on July 2, 2008 to bail out the suspects and he was subsequently arrested.
Investigations revealed that between March and June, 2007, Tordzagbo, who is also the liaison officer, managed to prepare new entrants forms for new employees, forged signatures of his superior officers and forwarded them to the Controller and Accountant General’s Department for processing.
The usual practice was that all new entrants’ imputs or forms should pass through the Treasury at the Ministry of Transport, but that of the 16 new employees never passed there because Tordzagbo managed to the get the stamps of the ministry and the appropriate signatures through forgery.
When the names of the 16 ghost employees were taken to the Barclays Bank for their statements, it turned out that Godwin had seven accounts with different branches of the bank while Christian had seven accounts.
Between April and June this year, monies paid into the accounts of the 16 ghost employees totalled GH¢75, 581 and out of this amount the suspects were said to have been able to cash GH¢27, 210 at the time of their arrest.
The accounts have been frozen while investigations continue.
Story: Mary Mensah
AN accountant at the head office of the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA), who allegedly posted 16 ghost names on the payroll of his employers, has been arrested by the La Police in Accra.
The suspect, Kofi Nudokpo Tordzagbo, 39, was arrested together with two accomplices at the Trade Fair branch of the Barclays Bank in Accra where they had gone to cash the June salaries.
Between April and May, this year, the suspects were said to have managed to cash GH¢27, 210 out of GH¢75, 581 which was paid into different accounts at the Barclays Bank by the Controller and the Accountant General’s Department.
The accomplices are Godwin Wonder, 40 and Christian Dzamade, 25, both unemployed.
According to the La District Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Richard Gyebi, all the three suspects were family members from Akatsi in the Volta Region.
He said on June 6, 2008, Godwin and Christian went to open new accounts at the Trade Fair branch of the Barclays Bank with photocopies of their voter ID cards.
He said the two left the bank after the branch manager refused and asked them to produce the original copies of the ID cards.
After that nothing was heard from them until June 30, 2008 when they resurfaced at the bank with the original ID cards with a letter introducing them as new employees from the GHA.
After careful examination of the letter, the branch manager suspected it to be fake so he ordered their arrest by the bank’s security who later handed them over to the police.
When they were searched five voter ID cards bearing the same picture but under different names, two cheques one bearing the names Addison Aikins and Christian Dzamadi and social security forms also filled with different names were found on them.
Upon interrogation they broke down and confessed that it was their brother who was an accountant at the GHA, who inserted their names on the payroll and asked them to cash the money for him for a fee.
While investigations were on-going, Tordzagbo appeared at the police station on July 2, 2008 to bail out the suspects and he was subsequently arrested.
Investigations revealed that between March and June, 2007, Tordzagbo, who is also the liaison officer, managed to prepare new entrants forms for new employees, forged signatures of his superior officers and forwarded them to the Controller and Accountant General’s Department for processing.
The usual practice was that all new entrants’ imputs or forms should pass through the Treasury at the Ministry of Transport, but that of the 16 new employees never passed there because Tordzagbo managed to the get the stamps of the ministry and the appropriate signatures through forgery.
When the names of the 16 ghost employees were taken to the Barclays Bank for their statements, it turned out that Godwin had seven accounts with different branches of the bank while Christian had seven accounts.
Between April and June this year, monies paid into the accounts of the 16 ghost employees totalled GH¢75, 581 and out of this amount the suspects were said to have been able to cash GH¢27, 210 at the time of their arrest.
The accounts have been frozen while investigations continue.
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