A middle aged man has been arrested for sprinkling a whitish substance at the entrance and on a car used by the Accra Circuit Court ‘9’ judge, Samuel Bright Acquah. He was arrested about 7:30 am on Monday by the court security, whilst in the middle of the act.
The suspect’s name is unknown and it is also not clear what his mission was or what he wanted to achieve with the act.
According to sources, the suspect was whisked away to the Accra Regional Police for interrogation.
Information gathered by The Chronicle indicated that the suspect’s son, Micheal Okai Afoakwah, was to be arraigned on a stealing charge before another judge, Kizita Naa Quarshie, later on that day.
The pandemonium outside court ‘9’ compelled to Mr. Acquah to unfortunately use the same entrance that the whitish substance had been sprinkled to find out what was happening.
Ironically, a day after the incident, The Chronicle court reporter visited Court ‘9’ to ascertain whether the whitish substance has had any effect on the judge, but His honour was looking fit, as he presided over the court session.
Michael Okai Afoakwah’s offence
The Accra Circuit Court ‘4’ was told that Michael Okai Afoakwah was arraigned for allegedly stealing US$37,000.00 from his aunty, one Akua Poku, who is domiciled in the United States of America.
According to the brief, Madam Poku, who is being represented by Nana Yaw Sarfo, sent the accused money to establish a block factory for her. Michael, 29, and unemployed, was given the amount somewhere in the year 2022.
According to the brief, after the establishment of the block factory, Madam Akua Poku will relocate to Ghana to operate the factory herself.
Nevertheless, the accused, upon receipt of the money, failed to use it for the stated purpose and rather diverted same for his personal use.
At a point in time, the accused sent pictures of a block factory he took elsewhere and sent it to Akua Poku, but after a series of enquiries, it turned out to be false.
On September 1, 2023 a report was made to the Police station and the accused was arrested.
The accused admitted to the offence in his caution statement, and after investigations he was charged with the offence as stated on the charge sheet.
