Pastor, 2 others arrested for GH₵2m robbery

Pastor of the Mogya Kokoo Church at Abofu, near Achimota, Justice Osei

Kofi has been arrested by the Accra Region Police Command for his

alleged involvement in steal­ing a total of about GHC2 million.

The robbery, executed in November 2011, was carried out by the pastor

and two other accused per­sons; namely, Nana Ama Agyeiwaa, a.k.a.

Nadia; and Avo Kevorkion, a Lebanese national, who are currently

serving a 15-year jail term.

Narrating the details of the arrest to the press, the Accra Region

Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Po­lice (DCOP) Christian

Tetteh Yohuno stated that Justice conspired with the other two accused

persons to rob Cemix Company Limited, dealers in power generating sets

and plants, within the period mentioned and made away with GH₵85,000,

$320,000 and €110,000.

Detailing the modus operandi of Justice and his accom­plices, the

Accra Region Commander held that Avo, an em­ployee of the said

company, sold out his boss to the said pastor and Nadia, presenting

them to his boss as potential buyers and the robbery was carried out.

After the robbery, the MD raised an alarm immediately, attracting the

attention of the public and a motorist, who pursued the robbers and

arrested Nadia.

Justice bolted and went into hiding, until his arrest from his hideout

at Techiman in the Brong Ahafo Region over the weekend through police

intelligence.

The leader and founder of 'Mogya Kokoo' has since confessed to his

involvement in the crime and has been ar­raigned before court.

In a related development, Samuel Larkotey Lartey, 36, a banker, and

Kwaku Boateng, 45, a trader, have both been arrested for robbing a

bank.

The two conspired and burgled an amount of GH₵11,300 from three

different branches and locations of a reputable bank in the capital,

Accra.

Samuel Larkotey Lartey, Operations Officer of the bank and also the

guardian of the vault keys, went to the bank on March 3, 2014 and

stole the said amount.

During police investigations, it was discovered that Samuel embezzled

money from the bank and master­minded the robbery to cover up his

trails.

Investigations are still ongoing to bring other perpetra­tors in this

case to book, while the two suspects are being processed for court.

DCOP Yohuno is advising the public to thoroughly check the backgrounds

of their employees and also keep large sums of monies at the banks.

Credit: The Finder