An
Accra
Circuit
Court
on
Wednesday
revoked
a
bench
warrant
issued
for
the
arrest
of
a
military
officer
allegedly
involved
in
a
GH¢136,000
recruitment
scam.
This
was
after
Captain
Abel
Nartey
appeared
before
the
court
together
with
his
lawyers.
Capt.
Nartey‘s
defence
counsel
pleaded
with
the
court
to
grant
his
client
bail
because
they
were
made
aware
of
the
arrest
warrant
through
a
publication.
According
to
the
defence
counsel,
Capt.
Nartey
appeared
in
court
because
he
did
not
disregard
the
law,
adding
that
the
defendant
would
not
interfere
with
police
investigations
when
granted
bail.
The
defence
attorney
argued
that
Capt.
Nartey
was
not
a
flight
risk.
Following
the
defence
counsel’s
submission,
the
court
withdrew
the
bench
warrant
and
granted
Capt.
Nartey
to
self-recognisance
bail.
The
court
ordered
Capt.
Nartey
to
report
to
the
Regional
Criminal
Investigations
Department
for
further
investigation.
Presided
over
by
Mr
Samuel
Bright
Acquah,
the
court,
on
July
5,
2024,
issued
a
warrant
for
Capt.
Nartey’s
arrest.
This
was
after
prosecution,
led
by
Chief
Inspector
Wisdom
Alorwu,
informed
the
court
that
Capt.
Nartey
had
been
repeatedly
invited
by
the
Regional
Criminal
Investigations
Department
of
the
Ghana
Police
to
assist
in
investigation
but
had
declined.
The
prosecution
said
that
a
wireless
signal
was
transmitted
to
the
Military
Police
and
Army
Headquarters
demanding
that
Capt.
Nartey
be
brought
in
for
questioning,
but
no
results
were
achieved.
On
July
5,
2024,
the
prosecution
updated
the
charge
sheet
and
facts,
and
Clement
Ayomah,
who
was
on
trial
alongside
Capt.
Nartey,
pled
not
guilty
to
counts
of
conspiracy
to
commit
crime
and
defrauding
by
false
pretense.
Capt.
Nartey
has
also
pleaded
not
guilty
to
the
same
charges.
The
prosecution’s
case
was
that
the
complainant,
George
Ofori
Amoako,
is
a
trader
residing
in
Darkuman.
It
said
Ayomah
is
a
military
officer
stationed
at
Burma
Camp,
while
Capt.
Nartey
is
stationed
at
the
Training
and
Doctrine
Command
in
Teshie.
The
prosecution
claimed
that
in
2021,
one
Vivian
introduced
Ayomah
to
the
complainant
as
a
military
officer
who
had
recruitment
slots
in
the
armed
services.
It
said
the
complainant
expressed
interest
in
the
slots
and
contacted
Ayomah
for
assistance.
Ayomah
allegedly
told
the
complainant
that
he
and
Capt.
Nartey
had
many
protocol
slots
in
the
security
services.
The
court
heard
that
Ayomah
collected
GH¢136,000
from
the
complainant
and
gave
GH¢120,000
to
Captain
Nartey
to
enlist
12
people
into
the
Ghana
armed
Forces,
seven
into
the
Ghana
Police
Service
and
three
into
the
Ghana
Immigration
Service.
The
prosecution
said
Ayomah
kept
the
remaining
amount.
However,
after
taking
the
money,
Ayomah
failed
to
fulfil
his
promise
and
began
playing
hide-and-seek
with
the
complainant.
The
prosecution
said
in
March
2023,
a
report
was
made
to
the
police
and
Ayomah
was
arrested.
In
Ayomah’s
caution
statement,
he
admitted
collecting
money
from
the
complainant
and
mentioned
that
some
of
the
money
was
given
to
Capt.
Nartey.
The
prosecution
said
Ayomah
had
since
refunded
GH¢50,000.
—GNA