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Court issued bench warrant for student who forged result
slip
Accra, Oct. 30, Ghanadot/GNA - A Circuit Court in Accra on
Thursday ordered the arrest of a former student of Accra
Polytechnic who gained admission into the school with a
forged Senior High School results slip.
This followed Charlotte Mensah's absence in court when the
case was called. The court therefore issued a bench warrant
to effect her arrest.
Charlotte has been charged for possessing forged document.
Kofi Saah, a teacher, who is alleged to have played a role
in the acquisition of the forged results slips has been
remanded by the court presided over Mrs Ivy Heward-Mills.
Saah has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and he is expected
to reappear on Friday.
An accomplice whose name was given as Nii is at large.
The facts as narrated by Chief Inspector Ben Darfour are
that on June 4, this year, a witness in the case arrested
Charlotte and set her to the Ministries Police Station for
forging her results slip.
According to the witness, Charlotte had used the forged slip
bearing her name, index number 741500260 and serial number
SSS (PC) 045049 to secure admission at the Accra
Polytechnic.
The prosecution said investigations revealed that Charlotte
who completed Nsei Senior High School at Axim in 1999 was
unable to attain the relevant grades and sat as a private
candidate in 2001, 2002 and 2003 yet could still not make
it.
According to the prosecutor, in March 2004, Charlotte met
Saah and two other accomplices, namely Nii and Manu, both
large, at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle and they agreed to secure
Charlotte the required result slip.
Charlotte, the prosecutor said, presented her original
certificate to Saah and his accomplices. In May 2004, Saah
met Charlotte and gave her the forged results slip. She
presented the slip and gained admission to Accra Polytechnic
in 2007.
In May this year, the authorities after cross-checking with
WAEC, found it to be fake.
When Charlotte was arrested she admitted the offence.
Investigations led to the arrest of Saah who denied being
the originator of the forged slip and mentioned Manu and Nii,
who are at large, at the source.
GNA
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