Collins Amoah: Complainant withdraws tax fraud case against former NPP parliamentary aspirant
Police prosecutors have withdrawn the tax fraud case against the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary aspirant for the Ablekuma Central Constituency, Collins Amoah, and one other.
When the case was called today (February 19, 2025), the prosecution, led by Chief Inspector Teye Okuffo, informed the court that the complainant had written to indicate that he was no longer interested in pursuing the matter after resolving the issue amicably with the accused persons.
The court, presided over by Susana Eduful, subsequently struck out the case as withdrawn, bringing it to an end.
Meanwhile, Collins Amoah made his first appearance since the inception of the case at the Circuit Court on Wednesday, January 29, 2025.
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Accusations
Collins Amoah was accused of working with another person - Solomon Okuley - to defraud a businessman of GH¢800,000.
When the case was first called, the court issued a bench warrant for Amoah’s arrest. He had been charged alongside a 51-year-old trader on one count of defrauding by false pretence.
On February 3, 2025, when the case was called again, a private legal practitioner announced himself as counsel for Amoah.
He told the court that Mr Amoah was not in the jurisdiction when the prosecution commenced its investigation into the matter.
He further stated that his client was never invited by the police for questioning and emphasised that Amoah was a law-abiding citizen willing to avail himself to prove his innocence.
Background
According to the prosecution, the accused persons, Amoah and Okuley, allegedly defrauded a businessman of GH¢800,000 under the pretext of using their political connections to clear his Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) tax debt.
The prosecution further accused the two of misappropriating the entire sum for their personal and political interests.
Presenting the facts, Chief Inspector Teye Okuffo told the court that in June 2024, the complainant met the accused persons, who allegedly convinced him to hand over GH¢800,000, promising to use their political influence to settle his GRA tax debt.
Trusting their claim, the complainant, Ababio, gave them the money in the presence of witnesses, expecting the debt to be cleared.
However, after receiving the funds, Chief Inspector Okuffo said the accused persons failed to fulfil their promise and began avoiding the complainant.
By December 28, 2024, after months of unsuccessful attempts to reach them, Ababio realised he had been defrauded and reported the matter to the police. That same day, Okuley was arrested.
During interrogation, Okuley allegedly admitted to taking the GH¢800,000 but claimed that Amoah had taken GH¢650,000 for his personal political activities instead of using it to pay the complainant’s GRA debt.
