Akosua Adjepong
An Accra Circuit Court hearing the case of musician Akosua Adjepong and her brother, who have been charged with conspiracy to commit crime and fraudulent transaction, has adjourned the matter to January 11, 2018 to allow the defence counsel to cross-examine the first prosecution witness.
Jonas Asamoah, a 42-year-old car dealer, accused the celebrated musician and her brother, Frank Agyeemnag Badu, of allegedly selling land which does not belong to them to him.
He claimed the two defrauded him to the tune of GH¢160,000 and a Toyota RAV 4 car valued at GH¢100,000.
At yesterday’s sitting, he told the court that after handing over the RAV 4 car as demanded by Frank Agyemang, he paid GH¢10,000 as the remaining balance.
“Akosua Adjepong then took GH¢4,000 and her brother took the remaining GH¢6,000 and Akosua, after taking the money, travelled to Canada,” Jonas declared.
According to him, after Akosua left the country, he persistently asked Frank to hand over the signed documents, which were to be transferred from Dora’s name to his.
“But he told me that the said Dora had travelled to Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region and that when the woman returns she will give me the signed documents and the indenture.”
He told the court that Frank refused to answer his calls and when he approached him, Frank informed him that he was now a National Security operative and could therefore not answer his calls while on duty.
The complainant said Frank gave excuses for a while but he decided to start work on the land without the signed documents.
He told the court that a certain Mr Asante claimed ownership of the land.
“I decided to hold on and wait for Akosua Adjepong to return to country and when she finally arrived I confronted her over the matter and she assured me that she was going to work on it so I should not worry,” Jonas said.
“Two weeks after Akosua’s assurance, I decided to call her to find out the progress and she gave me the same excuses just like her brother.
“She then promised to take me to Kukurantumi to meet the said Dora so that she will sign the documents for me, but did not answer my phone calls anymore,” said Jonas.
“I asked my wife to call Akosua with an unknown number and when she did, Akosua answered the call but hang up when she introduced herself.
“At that point I realised that the matter was beyond me so I decided to report it to the police.
The police managed to retrieve the RAV 4 car for me but the windscreen was damaged and I had to spend GH¢2,000 to repair it,” Jonas said to end his evidence in chief.
Defence lawyer asked him whether he had records of all the phone calls.
“Once you make new phone calls, the old records automatically delete, he said.
He, however, told the court that he has all the text messages between him, Akosua Adjepong and Frank Agyemang.
By Gibril Abdul Razak