The Accra Circuit Court 1 has sentenced a Nigerian to eight years imprisonment for impersonating former CID boss, COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah in order to defraud a police officer, among others on social media.
Bright Daniels, who at the time of committing the crime, was a convicted prisoner at the Nsawam Prisons, denied the offence. He was taken through a full trial and found culpable.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Emmanuel Nyamekye, giving the facts in court said the complainant was COP Addo-Danquah, who is now the head of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).
Daniels, an ex-convict is a Nigerian, who served a seven-year jail term at the Nsawam Medium Security Prisons. His accomplice, Livinus Amadianaeze Ugwu, also an ex-convict and a Nigerian, is on the run, the court heard.
DSP Nyamekye said in April 2021, COP Addo-Danquah’s attention was drawn to a fake Facebook messenger account created in her name and bearing her picture that was being used to solicit money from police personnel under the pretext of getting them slots to United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) Missions in Somalia and Sudan.
He said the user of the said fake Facebook account contacted the victims and directed them to pay money via Airtel/Tigo cash to phone number 0271701436.
Detective Chief Inspector Baffoe paid GHC10,000.00 through Airtel/Tigo cash to the number and the amount was subsequently withdrawn by Daniels.
The prosecution said investigations revealed that the phone number was traced to the environs of the Nsawam Medium Security Prisons in the Easter Region.
Further investigations revealed that Daniels was the user of the number. After a search conducted by the police, a Samsung Galaxy A02 phone which Daniels used to chat with Ugwu and a Tecno feature phone that was used to receive the money from Detective Chief Inspector Baffoe was retrieved.
DSP Nyamekye said Forensic Examination conducted on the devices revealed that Daniels and Ugwu conspired to use the name and photograph of COP Addo-Danquah to collect money from police personnel under the pretext of getting them a slot to travel to the United Nations and African Union Mission in Somalia.
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