Six nabbed in connection with Kabila "419" legacy

Accra, July 28, GNA - The Police has busted a gang that defrauded a German of 10,000 dollars and 20 million cedis with a promise of making available to him millions of dollars being the legacy Ex-President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo bequeathed to it. The gang of five foreign nationals and a Ghanaian was arrested when they were found loitering at the AFGO Village, apparently waiting to clear boxes containing the millions of dollars.

Chief Superintendent, Patrick Timbila of CID Operations, told the Ghana News Agency that Charles Kokou Fatondji, 36; Kelvin Onome, 28; Elias Adike, 32; Lucky Brown, 35; and Odibo Abayomi Emuebe, 36 from Benin and Nigeria and Stephen Addo alias Richmond Addo, 27, the Ghanaian, were arrested upon a tip-off.

He said when information got to the CID Headquarters men were despatched to the Afgo Village where the six and their German victim were found loitering.

Mr Timbila said the Police then invited them for questioning and during the interrogation it was discovered that the six were involved in advanced fee fraud and had already duped Walter Neumann, the German. The German told Police that he had already parted with of 10,000 dollars and 20 million cedis as fees for facilitating the clearing of the boxes, which the gang alleged, contained millions of dollars bequeathed to them by the late Ex-President Kabila.

The Police realised it was a 419 scam and quickly apprehended the six while another suspect Nicky Yeboah, a Ghanaian, is at large. Mr Timbila said when the Police searched the room of Elias Adike they found 100 dollar bills with a face value 20,000 dollars, suspected to be counterfeit.

He said that all the suspects are in Police custody pending further investigations.

Mr Timbila appealed to the public and foreigners in the country to be weary of the 419 scams and avoid becoming easy preys, adding that the Police would deal drastically with any suspect arrested in that venture.