Lambert Afedo is said to accept calm GH¢50,495 from a medical administrator beneath the affectation of purchasing three auctioned Toyota Vitz cars from Tema for him in 2020 but bootless to do so.
Charged with ambidexterity by apocryphal pretenses, Afedo pleaded not accusable and was accepted to bail. The case filed its disclosures, and the balloon commenced. However, Afedo chock-full accessory cloister although the balloon had commenced.
On July 7, 2024, afterwards demography the affirmation in arch of the additional case witness, the cloister captivated that it would advance to actuate whether the case had absolved its accountability of proving a allegation of fraud.
Meanwhile, back June 12, 2024, the cloister had issued a bank accreditation for Afedo's arrest for declining to arise afore it.
The court, presided over by Mrs. Sedinam Awo Kwadam, in her judgment, begin Afedo accusable and bedevilled him in absentia. "A accreditation of agency shall be issued and serve as an arrest warrant," the cloister said.
The prosecution, led by Arch Inspector Maxwell Lanyo, said the complainant, whose name was withheld, was a medical practitioner at Madina Polyclinic, Accra.
In November 2020, the complainant encountered Afedo, who claimed to be affairs and affairs cars. Afedo additionally adumbrated to the complainant that he had links at the Tema Harbor area he purchased bargain cars for retail.
The complainant showed absorption in accepting the said cars to be acclimated for bartering purposes.
Afedo took the complainant to Tema Harbour, and with the abetment of a aegis man, they were accustomed to access the bounds area blow cartage were anchored and actuality auctioned. Afedo chose three cars, including a 4×4 vehicle, all "accident cars" which he advised to purchase.
According to the prosecution, the complainant additionally chose two cars which he advised to buy amid the "accident vehicles." Afterwards, the complainant and Afedo alternate to Madina. However, Afedo alternate to Tema on a altered day and abreast the complainant that he had gone to see one Hajia Fati Amandu, who oversaw the bargain cars, and that he had been asked to accompany allotment payment.
The complainant added addition agent to the two others he had called earlier. He gave Afedo assorted sums of money accretion GHC 50,495 for Afedo to get him three cars. The cloister heard that afterwards accession the money, Afedo started "telling stories."
Afedo abreast the complainant that Hajia would let one Kofi, whom he declared as his acquaintance and a babysitter to the President, abetment him in accepting the vehicles. However, Afedo could not be traced, appropriately the complainant went to Hajia Fati, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) activist's house. Hajia Fati denied Afedo's adventure that she was activity to abetment him in purchasing some auctioned cartage and additionally denied alive Afedo.
A address was fabricated to the badge by the complainant, and on August 3, 2022, Afedo was arrested. When Hajia Fati heard of Afedo's arrest, she went to the Madina Badge Station. Afedo claimed he never gave the money to her (Hajia Fati), but to one Hajia Ramatu at Tema. However, Afedo bootless to advance the badge to the said Hajia Ramatu and requested time to pay the complainant.