Police report clears clearing agent

By Adu Koranteng

Abel Osabutey, a clearing agent and his colleagues who were accused of
defrauding one sakina Kwakye, a nursing mother have been cleared of wrong doing
by the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service.
Receipts made available to The New Crusading Guide indicates that monies paid
by sakina Kwakye to Mr. Osabutey and colleagues were judiciously used to pay
for the duties of the VW Passat and the Kia Rio vehicles which were imported
by Ahmed , a brother of Sakina Kwakye for her to clear .
To this effect the police noted that Abel Osabutey and his colleagues have
been falsely accused since all the documents made available indicate that the
monies were paid to the customs excise and preventive service for first offer
clearance. Besides, the vehicles were not missing and the process towards
clearing the vehicles was ongoing.

It will be recalled that Abel Osabutey and his colleagues were reported to have
defrauded Sakina Kwakye of an amount of GH¢7,800 with the pretext of using it
to clear goods sent her from abroad .

However, upon detailed investigations by the Police CID it was realized that
the said money was used to process duties towards clearing the cars.
“The report we received initially was that Osabutey had defrauded Sakina
Kwakye of an amount of GH¢7,800.based on this information, we launched
investigations into the case and realized later that it was not true,” stated
superintendent Kisi Frimpong of the CID headquarters.

”the cars are in tact and they need some top up money to clear which the lady
in question is refusing to do. As at now we have finished with our job and we
don’t see anything criminal about what Osabutey and his colleagues have done,