Accra, Sept. 27, GNA - Two Nigerians, who allegedly defrauded three Tanzanians of 20,000 dollars under the pretext of offering them three million dollars lottery prize in Ghana were remanded by an Accra Circuit Court on Wednesday.
Roger Prince Enoh, alias George Anderson, 43, and Alex John Ladipo, a 40 year-old driver, are facing charges of conspiracy, possession of fake results and defrauding by false pretences.
They pleaded not guilty but the court remanded them into Police custody to reappear on October 13.
The accused persons were arrested together with two others - Eric Bello and Emmanuel Ekpo 96 but they were released after the complainants had identified Enoh and Ladipo as the culprits. The case of the Prosecuting Deputy Superintendent of Police Kofi Abraham was that that the complainants were Ms Rasalin Rutakosa and her husband Mr Andochinus Mukolozi, an insurance broker and her brother-in-law, Mr Milton Bwemo, a marketer.
DSP Abraham said Ms Rutakosa received an e-mail from someone who identified himself as David Johnson of the United Kingdom informing her that she had won a lottery worth three million dollars. The Prosecution said David referred the complainant to Anderson to collect the prize money.
When she contacted Anderson she was asked to come to Ghana with 25,000 dollars to cover cost of handling and transfer. On September 19, 2006, the complainants paid 20,000 dollars to Anderson and she was made to sign a document purported to be from Bank of Ghana.
The Complainant was further asked to pay the balance of 5,000 dollars on September 25.
Anderson told the complainant that security officials at the Airport would not allow any person to take out three million dollars through the airport.
Anderson, who claimed to be Managing Director of Sky Lottery, which was non-existent, requested for the complainant's account number and passport picture to enable him to transfer the money into the account. The Prosecution said when the complainants went to verify at BoG the document were found to be fake.
They reported the matter to the Police and accused persons were arrested. During a search, bundles of fake dollars were found in a trunk. Enoh, however, claimed that he only took 3,400 dollars.
