The Circuit Court at Dansoman,a suburb of Accra and presided over by Her Honour Halimah El-Alawa Abdul-Baasit has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Abdul Kadir Nasir after he failed to appear in court despite receiving a hearing notice.
The warrant was issued following a request by Chief Inspector Christopher Wonder, after Nasir failed to honour court summons on two separate occasions – May 12 and June 2, 2025.
The court has adjourned the case to June 25, 2025 instructing the police to arrest the accused and present him in court on the next hearing date.
The case involves several complainants, all foreign exchange traders at Tudu in Accra, who allege that on March 8, 2025 Abdul Kadir Nasir, claiming to be a businessman with clients in need of both local and foreign currency, approached them individually.
Based on this representation, the traders entrusted him with substantial sums of money in both Ghana cedis and US dollars.
According to Detective Chief Inspector Bashiru Salifu Zibo, who is leading the investigation, the accused received the following amounts: US$5,200 from Mohammed Osman, US$500 from Abdul Rahman Seidu, and GH¢50,000 from Musah Zibo.
He also took GH¢65,000 from Safiyan Iddriss, GH¢110,000 from Jibril Adams, GH¢25,000 from Sumana Munkaila and GH¢15,000 from Bilyamin Abdul Rahman
However, after collecting the funds, Nasir allegedly vanished. When later confronted by the complainants, he claimed the money had been transferred to his mobile money account but was subsequently lost to an unknown Nigerian, through online sports betting.
So far, only GH¢10,000 has been recovered and handed over to the police during the investigation.
Nasir is facing multiple counts of fraudulent breach of trust, contrary to Section 128 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29). Each charge corresponds to the specific sums allegedly misappropriated from the individual complainants.
The prosecution asserts that Nasir dishonestly appropriated the funds entrusted to him under the guise of facilitating currency exchange transactions.
The bench warrant aims to ensure the presence of the accused at trial and to facilitate the continuation of the judicial process.
Further proceedings are scheduled for June 25, 2025.
