Crime & Punishment of Monday, 22 August 2005
Source: GNA
Kumasi, Aug. 22, GNA - A circuit court in Kumasi on Monday adjourned to September 20, the case in which a trader has dragged Nana Akwasi Agyemang, former Chief Executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) before it for allegedly defrauding him. The adjournment followed an application filed by counsel for Nana Akwasi Agyemang.
Mr Samuel Amankwaah Yeboah is claiming 40 million cedis from Nana Akwasi Agyemang being money he allegedly paid to him for the allocation of a store at the European Market, near the ministries in Kumasi. When the case was called, neither Nana Akwasi Agyemang nor his counsel was present in court.
A writ filed by Mr Yeboah, is seeking an order of the court for the refund of the amount with interest at the current bank rate from February 1, 2002 till the date of final payment. In addition, the writ is seeking an order for the payment of the sum of five million cedis the plaintiff gave to a contractor for work on the store and claims for cost. A statement of claim accompanying the writ said the plaintiff, who resides in Kumasi, in January 2002, needed a store to carry out his trade and was introduced to the defendant by their mutual friend, one Kwame Nkrumah. The statement said the defendant represented to the plaintiff that he had a store to let to him at the European Market at Adum, the hub of commercial activities in Kumasi and demanded 30 million cedis, which the plaintiff paid but was issued with no receipt. It said after three months, the defendant told the plaintiff that there was a very high demand for the store and therefore demanded an additional 10 million cedis, which the latter paid, adding that both payments were made in the presence of the said Kwame Nkrumah, who always received, counted and gave the money to the defendant.