I used stolen cash to marry

A former employee of the Bank for Housing and Construction, Nana Gyedu, has told an Accra Circuit Tribunal presided over by Anderson Yeboah that he used 7 million cedis that he stole from the Ghana Shippers Council and Meteorological Services Department to wed his wife.

Assistant Superintendent of Police, J.K. Abraham, told the Tribunal trying the case that, the complainant, who is the Managing Director of Postin Distribution Agency, supplied stationery to Ghana Shippers Council and Meteorological Services Department respectively to the tune of 7 million cedis between 1998 and 2000.

As the payment for stationary supplied was not forthcoming, complainant went to the accountants of the two agencies to demand the money and was informed that the accused had collected the monies. When the accused was confronted, he initially denied any knowledge of it.

A report was then made to the Police and the accused was arrested. In his cautioned statement to the police, accused admitted having collected the monies and used it to wed his wife. He was given ample time to refund the money, but absconded when he was granted bail. He was re-arrested and charged with the offence.

He was convicted on his own plea and remanded to reappear on August 29, 2001 to be sentenced.