[ 2017-03-01 ]

Afia Ansaa Ampene

‘Mmaa Nkommo’ hostess charged with fraud
Afia Ansaa Ampene, the hostess of the ‘Mmaa
Nkommo’ talk show on Ghana Television, has been
dragged before an Accra circuit court for fraud.

The accused, a pensioner popularly known as Auntie
Afia, is in the dock with her son, Stephen Kwabena
Osei, a trader, for allegedly conspiring to
defraud and defrauding by false pretences one Maud
Botwe the sum of GH¢265,988.

The prosecutor, Chief Inspector Martin Acheampong,
told the court that the two on October 13, 2016 at
Weija in Accra, obtained the consent of the
complainant to part with Nestle products to the
tune of the said amount under the pretext that if
the said items were supplied, she would supply
same to an unnamed NGO and bring the money.

However, in the court presided over by Ruby Naa
Adjeley Quayson, the two denied the offence and
were admitted to bail in the sum of GH¢205,900
with three sureties each who are earning a salary
not less than GH¢1,000 a month.

As part of the bail conditions the investigator
was tasked to check that the sureties have valid
photo identity cards.

Earlier in an attempt for bail, Kofi Bonney,
lawyer for Afia Ansaa Ampene and Stephen Kwabena
Osei said the business partners of the two had not
been faithful to them.

He said the two had been looking for the business
partners thereby creating the impression that they
had gone into hiding.

Bonney stated that the defenders and the
complainant would get in touch to see how the
parties could resolve the case.

The facts of the case are that Maud is the
Managing Director of Dan Maud Company Limited,
dealers in Nestle, Unilever and other products
while the accused persons are mother and son.

Chief Inspector Acheampong said between October 31
and November 4, 2016, the accused persons
convinced Maud to part with goods totaling the
said amount with the claim that they were
delivering same to an unnamed NGO to bring the
proceeds.

Auntie Afia issued two post-dated cheques with the
face values of GH¢40,000 and GH¢60,000.

The GH¢40,000 cheque was presented and went
through but when the GH¢60,000 cheque was
presented it was dishonoured.

Auntie Afia later went to the company and
convinced the accountant, collected the bounced
cheque and deposited GH¢10,000 and promised to
bring the balance of GH¢215,888 same day by the
close of banking hours.

“The accused persons who were supposed to pay an
amount of GH¢215,888 vacated their house at New
Sabrepo near Michel Camp and went into hiding”
the prosecution said, adding that “all efforts
made by the complainant to trace their whereabouts
proved futile.”

On February, 1 this year, a similar case was
lodged against the ‘mother and son’ by another
complainant and during investigations Auntie Afia
was arrested from her hideout in Tema Devtraco
Estates whist Stephen was also nabbed in a hotel
at Haatso in Accra.

Maud had information about the accused persons and
came to the police station and indentified the
accused persons as the culprits.

During investigations, the accused persons
admitted the offence in their caution statements
and refunded GH¢10,000 [which was handed over to
Maud in open court].

Source - dailyguideafrica.com

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