A 48-year-old private school administrator, Nii Quarshie Djabum, has been arraigned before Circuit Court 8 in Accra for allegedly engaging in a fraudulent land transaction involving two plots at Kokrobite in the Greater Accra Region.
The accused, who pleaded not guilty to the charge of Fraudulent Transaction of Land contrary to Section 277(2)(a) of the Land Act, 2020 (Act 1036), appeared yesterday before His Honour Jojo Amoah Hagan.
He was granted bail in the sum of GH¢250,000 with two sureties, one of whom must be justified by landed property. The original title document is to be deposited at the registry of the court until final determination of the case.
According to the prosecution, led by Chief Inspector Ebenezer Teye-Okuffo, the complainant, Dr. John Opeta Mate-Kole, a physician residing at Asylum Down, was introduced to the accused through an intermediary, one James Acheampong. The accused was said to be offering two plots of land at Kokrobite for sale at GH¢750,000.
On May 2, 2025, the complainant paid GH¢500,000.08 in cash to the accused and was issued a receipt. However, upon requesting documentation before paying the balance, the accused allegedly disclosed that the land did not belong to him but rather to another individual.
Despite this, the complainant was allowed to begin construction and invested an additional GH¢12,000 in building materials. The development was halted when one Enoch, an agent of the actual landowner, Richard Alpha Obush, intervened.
Investigations later revealed that the accused had no authorization to sell the land and had kept all the proceeds from the transaction. The complainant was ultimately prevented from accessing or developing the land by the rightful owner and his representatives.
Efforts to recover the funds proved unsuccessful. The accused refunded only GH¢200,000 to the complainant and later an additional GH¢50,000.08 to the police following his arrest on September 12, 2025.The case has been adjourned to October 30, 2025.
