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A 38-year-old sanitation officer of the Atwima-Nwabiagya South Municipality, who defrauded a herbalist of GH¢42,000.00, has been remanded into prison custody by the Nkawie Circuit Court.
Zibrim Yakubu was said to have succeeded in collecting the amount from the herbalist under the pretext of obtaining an auction car from the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development for him.
His plea was not taken and would reappear before the court presided by Mr Johnson Abbey on February 15, this year.
Prosecuting, Detective Chief Inspector Comfort Amankwaa told the court that Yakubu worked as a sanitation officer at Atwima-Nwabiagya District Assembly, while the complainant was a herbalist at Nkawie.
A self-styled pastor who defiled a 12-year-old girl at Abuakwa in the Atwima-Nwabiagya South Municipality, has been remanded into prison custody by the Nkawie Circuit Court.
Peter Nyame is said to have defiled the girl whose parents had taken him as a friend of the family, on four different occasions at Abuakwa.
His plea was not taken and will reappear before the court presided by Mr Johnson Abbey on January 04, 2021.
Detective Sergeant Francis Opoku, told the court that the victim and her parents reside at Abuakwa where the suspect also resides.
He said the suspect who claimed to be a pastor of the Assemblies of God church often visited the home of the victim and her family, since the family had taken him as a friend.