A 25-year-old farmer, who allegedly posed as a senior military officer in charge of enlistment into the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) and defrauded many people in the Sefwi area in the Western Region, has been arrested.
The suspect, Solomon Paul Kaku, was said to have managed to procure an enlistment form and made several photocopies which he distributed to his victims, including taxi drivers, auto and electronic mechanics and school leavers at Sefwi Buako, Asawinso and Kwafukaa after introducing himself as Col. Kaku Korsah of the Ghana Army.
He allegedly managed to extort a total of GH¢4,700.00 under the ploy of enlisting them without they having to go through thorough medical examination.
He reportedly made his victims to submit the completed forms to him and gave them a date and time to report at the army headquarters in Accra for training.
The unsuspecting victims, with much hope of becoming officers and men of the GAF, reported to the Burma Camp in Accra for the training only to be told that there was no military officer with the name Col Kaku Korsah and that the only person with that name had retired years ago.
According to police sources, fortunately for the victims, on their return journey to Sefwi, they saw the suspect at a Metro Mass Transit bus terminal in Takoradi, where he was busy convincing a group of young people to enlist into the Ghana Army, using forms similar to those he gave them.
The victims then pounced on him and sent him to the police station, where he allegedly confessed to committing the offence.
The sources said the suspect admitted that he was not an army officer but a farmer at Esiama in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region.
They said as a result of the false representation, the suspect succeeded in collecting between GH¢500 and GH¢700, depending on the choice of the victims either into the officer corps or the other ranks.
The suspect is currently on remand and will appear in court on Tuesday, September 7, 2010.
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