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Three bank officials granted
bail for alleged theft
Cape Coast, Oct. 15, Ghanadot/GNA - Three officials of the
Senya Breku Union Bank who allegedly transferred various
sums of money totaling GH¢71,627.52 from different branches
of the bank and lodged it in the account of a customer, were
on Wednesday granted bail together with the customer in a
total sum of GH¢284,000.00 by a circuit court in Cape Coast.
Emmanuel Nketia 29, Bismark Kwabena Effah 27, Samuel
Botchway, 27 all officials of the bank and the customer
Courage Gakpetor, a 33-year old student, pleaded not guilty
to the charges of conspiracy to commit crime and stealing
and were granted GH¢71,000.00 bail each.
They would re-appear on Tuesday November 4. An alleged prime
suspect who is also an official of the bank, William Amonoo
now on the run is being sought by police.
Chief Inspector Hope Azasoo who gave the facts of the case,
told the court presided over by Mr Richard Asiedu-Badu that
in September this year, the general manager of the bank
detected that an amount of GH¢71,627.52 had been withdrawn
from the bank’s cash reserve of its various branches into
the account of Gakpetor.
He alleged that investigations carried out by the bank
revealed that the transfer process, was ordered by Amonoo,
and made possible through the assistance of Nketsia, Effah
and Botchway.
Chief Inspector Azasoo said Gakpetor withdrew all the cash
from his account and when arrested, told the police, that
the money was meant for the payment of goods he supplied to
Amonoo.
He said the three officials during investigations denied
knowledge of the transfers claiming the authorization was
made solely by Amonoo in their absence.
GNA
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