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Pastor jailed for fraud

A Pastor, Joshua Okpoti Sowah, was on Wednesday sentenced to 24 months imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court on the charges of fraudulent transaction of land

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The man of God is accused of selling a portion of a 57 acre land belonging to one Patrick Kuntor to Beatrice Nkansah under the pretext that it belongs to his family.

His father, Rev. Christopher Okpoti Sowah, was earlier convicted for leasing portions of the same piece of land to some Chinese contractors for purposes of sand winning and subsequent sales of 94 plots to some persons.

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The accused person was also ordered to refund GH¢80,000 and in addition pay a fine of 25 penalty units.

The presiding judge Mr M.E Essandoh dismissed the claims by the pastor that the land was not part of the complainant’s lands and that it was part of land belonging to his family.

According to the judge, the accused person’s evidence on the subject was inconsistent.

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