By Collins Agyekum-Gyasi, Kumasi.
A 34-YEAR-OLD farmer, Awudu Anini, who professed to have powers to dig up a hidden treasure in the farm of another farmer at Anyinasu in the Ashanti Region, has been remanded in prison custody by a Circuit Court.
He would re-appear before the court on February 9, 2010 to answer a fraud charge preferred against him.
Meanwhile, his accomplice, Sampson Musah, a Kumasi-based trader, is on the run.
Giving the facts to the court presided over by Mr Emmanuel Amo-Yartey; Chief Inspector C K Fosu said the complainant, Yaw Ibolido, and the accused were farmers who lived at Anyinasu.
Mr Fosu said in November, last year, the complainant contacted Anini to assist him to dig up some hidden treasure (gold) on his farm at Anyinasu.
He said the accused readily accepted the invitation and charged him GH¢ 2,300 and a white ram for rituals, which he readily accepted,
At the time of digging for the gold, the prosecutor said Anini met Musah and introduced him to the complainant as a gold testing officer whose services would be needed in the exercise.
The prosecution continued that after the accused person had dug out four yellowish objects he claimed to be gold, he gave them to Musah who also was quoted to have stated that it was pure gold.
Later, the accused person directed the complainant to travel to Kumasi to buy a chemical for Musah to refine the alleged gold.
However, on his return with the chemical, which cost GH¢ 900, the accused rejected it, because he said it was the wrong type.
He, however, managed to convince the complainant to bring additional money for the purification rites.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
FIRE KILLS 29-YEAR-OLD MAN (PAGE 31, MARCH 9, 2010)
A 29-YEAR-OLD man was killed in a fire that engulfed his house at Adansi Akrokeri, near Obuasi, last Wednesday.
The 16-bedroom house of Kudjo Amoh, a galamsey operator, caught fire around 10:30p.m.
The friend of the deceased, who was also identified only as Addai suffered serious burns and was rushed to the AngloGold Ashanti Hospital for treatment but was immediately referred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital to receive emergency treatment.
A police source claimed that both the deceased and his friend were asleep when the room was engulfed by the fire.
Both were trapped but when Addai managed to free himself,he could not rescue his friend who was trapped and burnt beyond recognition.
Police at Obuasi are investigating the cause of the fire outbreak. According to eyewitnesses, the fire destroyed property worth millions of cedis,
A motorbike parked in one of the rooms was also destroyed.
A source told the Daily Graphic that Addai who is also a galamsey operator visited the deceased who lived in a house numbered AK 18/C at Akrokerrifie
. On the night of the fire outbreak, there was no power in the house so the deceased lighted a candle as a source of light .
The source said the candle light could be the source of the fire outbreak.
According to the source, neighbours saw the house engulfed with fire and it was during their shouts for help that Addai managed to escape, leaving the deceased.
The 16-bedroom house of Kudjo Amoh, a galamsey operator, caught fire around 10:30p.m.
The friend of the deceased, who was also identified only as Addai suffered serious burns and was rushed to the AngloGold Ashanti Hospital for treatment but was immediately referred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital to receive emergency treatment.
A police source claimed that both the deceased and his friend were asleep when the room was engulfed by the fire.
Both were trapped but when Addai managed to free himself,he could not rescue his friend who was trapped and burnt beyond recognition.
Police at Obuasi are investigating the cause of the fire outbreak. According to eyewitnesses, the fire destroyed property worth millions of cedis,
A motorbike parked in one of the rooms was also destroyed.
A source told the Daily Graphic that Addai who is also a galamsey operator visited the deceased who lived in a house numbered AK 18/C at Akrokerrifie
. On the night of the fire outbreak, there was no power in the house so the deceased lighted a candle as a source of light .
The source said the candle light could be the source of the fire outbreak.
According to the source, neighbours saw the house engulfed with fire and it was during their shouts for help that Addai managed to escape, leaving the deceased.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
IMPOSTOR REMANDED IN PRISON CUSTODY (PAGE 27, MIRROR, JAN 16, 2010)
From Collins Agyekum-Gyasi, Kumasi.
A 41-year-old unemployed, Mohammed Aminu, who posed as a Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) Operative in the Kumasi Metropolis was remanded in prison custody when he was arraigned before the Kumasi Circuit One Court presided over by Mr Justice E. Amo-Yartey, on Thursday.
He has been charged with fraud and impersonation. His plea was not taken and he will reappear before the court on February 8, 2010.
Aminu, who has been introducing himself as a staff from the BNI, did same to Lance Corporal Fuseni Konlan at the Asawase Police Station and requested the Corporal to assist him to arrest the complainant in the case who called at the station to lodge a complaint against the accused.
Aminu, who was in the company of one Joe and Sunsum arrested the complainant at Dichemso, handcuffed him and said that he was wanted for his involvement in the Bawku crisis so the policeman should help them to send the man to the BNI office at Ahodwo Roundabout, Kumasi.
The prosecutor, Chief Inspector Nana C. K. Fosu, said the Lance Corporal who was on guard duty that night, alighted at the Suame Roundabout and went to his duty point.
He said after the policeman had left, the accused and his accomplices held the complainant captive in a taxicab and refused to allow his (complainant) relatives know where they had taken him to and rather demanded a ransom of GH¢5,000.00 before he would be released.
Nana Fosu said after a marathon negotiation the accused person collected GH¢1,200 behind the Jubilee House, Ghana Commercial Bank at Suame before he regained his freedom at about 2.30 pm.
The complainant, however, lodged a complaint with the Ashanti Regional BNI who managed to arrest Aminu on December 31, 2009.
Nana Fosu said the accused admitted his offence and was still assisting the police in their investigation.
A 41-year-old unemployed, Mohammed Aminu, who posed as a Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) Operative in the Kumasi Metropolis was remanded in prison custody when he was arraigned before the Kumasi Circuit One Court presided over by Mr Justice E. Amo-Yartey, on Thursday.
He has been charged with fraud and impersonation. His plea was not taken and he will reappear before the court on February 8, 2010.
Aminu, who has been introducing himself as a staff from the BNI, did same to Lance Corporal Fuseni Konlan at the Asawase Police Station and requested the Corporal to assist him to arrest the complainant in the case who called at the station to lodge a complaint against the accused.
Aminu, who was in the company of one Joe and Sunsum arrested the complainant at Dichemso, handcuffed him and said that he was wanted for his involvement in the Bawku crisis so the policeman should help them to send the man to the BNI office at Ahodwo Roundabout, Kumasi.
The prosecutor, Chief Inspector Nana C. K. Fosu, said the Lance Corporal who was on guard duty that night, alighted at the Suame Roundabout and went to his duty point.
He said after the policeman had left, the accused and his accomplices held the complainant captive in a taxicab and refused to allow his (complainant) relatives know where they had taken him to and rather demanded a ransom of GH¢5,000.00 before he would be released.
Nana Fosu said after a marathon negotiation the accused person collected GH¢1,200 behind the Jubilee House, Ghana Commercial Bank at Suame before he regained his freedom at about 2.30 pm.
The complainant, however, lodged a complaint with the Ashanti Regional BNI who managed to arrest Aminu on December 31, 2009.
Nana Fosu said the accused admitted his offence and was still assisting the police in their investigation.
Monday, March 1, 2010
ST. LOUIS SHS MARKS 58TH SPEECH DAY (PAGE 11, FEB 24, 2010)
THE Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr Kofi Opoku-Manu, has called on students to make the most out of the investments made in them by their parents and the nation.
He said the current generation of students should be inspired by the large number of past students managing various high positions in the country and learn hard to achieve the purpose for which they were in school.
Mr Kofi Opoku-Manu made the call at the 58th Speech and Prize-giving Day of St Louis Senior High School held at the school’s compound Kumasi in the Ashanti Region last week-end.
He said the school had contributed immensely to eracdicating the erroneous impression about the capabilities and potential of the Ghanaian woman.
Mr Opoku-Manu said the government considered investment in human resource as a top-most priority and would explore all possibilities to ensure that schools and other training institutions were equipped with the requisite infrastructure to position them to produce the needed manpower to support the social and economic development of the country.
He advised the students to give due respect to their teachers and the authorities of the school to encourage them to open up to them to achieve their individual aims and aspirations in life.
The regional minister commended the Catholic Church for its immeasurable contribution towards supporting human resource development of the country.
The Headmistress of the school, Mrs Theresa Addae Commeh, said the school, which now has a population of 1,200, needed classroom blocks, accommodation facilities for tutors and a bigger school bus, explaining that the bus currently being used by the school could carry just a few students.
Mrs Commeh said the school had a borehole provided by a philanthropist but that could not cater for the water needs of the school and the students had to walk long distances to fetch water, and called on the ministry, companies and individuals to assist the school to meet its water requirements.
She said about 360 girls would be enrolled for the next academic year.
Mrs Commeh said majority of the 53 tutors and 63 non-teaching staff members lived outside the school compound and this had been a source of worry to the school since such a situation did not help in the supervision of the students.
Mrs Elizabeth Amoah-Tetteh, Deputy Minister (Pre-Tertiary), who deputised for the Education Minister, commended the school for its academic spirit and successes chalked up by the students.
She commended the students for their healthy academic spirit, which is the prerequisite for harnessing the resources of the nation.
She also praised the students for being peaceful without the slightest unrest at the school.
The chairman for the ceremony and the Metropolitan Archbishop of Kumasi, the Most Rev Thomas Kwaku Mensah, urged the students to learn with courage and take advantage of modern science and moral studies to help the nation because without moral excellence all their experience would come to nought.
He contended that moral education should be tied to the process of training and appealed to parents and guardians not to leave moral training in the hands of teachers.
He urged the government to always listen to the voice of the Catholic Church concerning education, adding that only the best was good for education and the church.
A representative of the St Louis Past Students Association (SLOPSA), Miss Georgina Darling Ofori, on behalf of the members, presented 30 computers, and 40 chairs and tables valued at GH¢42, 200 to the school as their ‘widow’s mite’ to assist their alma mater.
He said the current generation of students should be inspired by the large number of past students managing various high positions in the country and learn hard to achieve the purpose for which they were in school.
Mr Kofi Opoku-Manu made the call at the 58th Speech and Prize-giving Day of St Louis Senior High School held at the school’s compound Kumasi in the Ashanti Region last week-end.
He said the school had contributed immensely to eracdicating the erroneous impression about the capabilities and potential of the Ghanaian woman.
Mr Opoku-Manu said the government considered investment in human resource as a top-most priority and would explore all possibilities to ensure that schools and other training institutions were equipped with the requisite infrastructure to position them to produce the needed manpower to support the social and economic development of the country.
He advised the students to give due respect to their teachers and the authorities of the school to encourage them to open up to them to achieve their individual aims and aspirations in life.
The regional minister commended the Catholic Church for its immeasurable contribution towards supporting human resource development of the country.
The Headmistress of the school, Mrs Theresa Addae Commeh, said the school, which now has a population of 1,200, needed classroom blocks, accommodation facilities for tutors and a bigger school bus, explaining that the bus currently being used by the school could carry just a few students.
Mrs Commeh said the school had a borehole provided by a philanthropist but that could not cater for the water needs of the school and the students had to walk long distances to fetch water, and called on the ministry, companies and individuals to assist the school to meet its water requirements.
She said about 360 girls would be enrolled for the next academic year.
Mrs Commeh said majority of the 53 tutors and 63 non-teaching staff members lived outside the school compound and this had been a source of worry to the school since such a situation did not help in the supervision of the students.
Mrs Elizabeth Amoah-Tetteh, Deputy Minister (Pre-Tertiary), who deputised for the Education Minister, commended the school for its academic spirit and successes chalked up by the students.
She commended the students for their healthy academic spirit, which is the prerequisite for harnessing the resources of the nation.
She also praised the students for being peaceful without the slightest unrest at the school.
The chairman for the ceremony and the Metropolitan Archbishop of Kumasi, the Most Rev Thomas Kwaku Mensah, urged the students to learn with courage and take advantage of modern science and moral studies to help the nation because without moral excellence all their experience would come to nought.
He contended that moral education should be tied to the process of training and appealed to parents and guardians not to leave moral training in the hands of teachers.
He urged the government to always listen to the voice of the Catholic Church concerning education, adding that only the best was good for education and the church.
A representative of the St Louis Past Students Association (SLOPSA), Miss Georgina Darling Ofori, on behalf of the members, presented 30 computers, and 40 chairs and tables valued at GH¢42, 200 to the school as their ‘widow’s mite’ to assist their alma mater.
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