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Nana Addo investigates Catherine Afeku over fraudulent charges
The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Evalue-Gwira Constituency in the Western Region with her husband, were defendants in a case of fraud in 2007.
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According to reports, Catherine Afeku is being probed by President Nana Akufo-Addo.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Evalue-Gwira Constituency in the Western Region with her husband, were defendants in a fraud case in 2007.
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A group called Truth and Accountable Governance (TAG), said Madam Catherine Afeku as Minister designate of Tourism and Creative Arts is not the right person for the ministry.
The group is alleging that the nominee is a fraudster and as such, should have her nomination revoked in order to save the integrity the president’s nominees.
"Mrs Afeku and her husband, Mr Seth Afeku, were found guilty for defrauding an American couple on 19-10-2013 by an Accra High Court presided over by Her [Ladyship] Barbara Ackah-Yensu. The trial judge directed the MP for Evalue-Gwira constituency and her husband to pay an amount of $217,464 plus 50 per cent interest to the plaintiff, Patricia and Bill Gick."
According to the group, such a character should not be allowed to hold public office.
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"We also believe that Private Investors both Local and International will not have confidence and trust in the sector if an alleged fraudster is allowed to hold that office. H.E Akufo-Addo being a Lawyer and an anti-corruption campaigner, should have known better. We are calling on him to immediately revoke the appointment of Mrs Catherine Afeku as Minister of Tourism designate if he wants Ghanaians to believe in his willingness to fight corrupt officials," he said.
But in a memorandum, titled, "COURT ACTION BETWEEN HON. CATHERINE AFEKU AND PATRICIA GICKS, BILL GICKS, DAVID THOMAS AND FRANCIS NOKOE".
The memo was copied to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and gave details on the development.
In the memo, Godfred Dame who is counsel for Catherine Afeku said the court granted a number of reliefs against his client but was quick to add that there was no finding of fraud or criminality against her.
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Mr Dame explained in the Memo that, he found credible evidence and therefore filed a fresh action on November 22, 2013.
According to him, "We proceeded to file an application for an order restraining the enforcement of the earlier judgement dated 30 November, 2007 given in Suit No. 245/06 until the final determination of the new suit. This was granted by the High Court, Accra coram Bright Mensah J. on 5 March, 2014."
"The suit has been pending in court since, with the various pre-trail processes completed. Same was ready to be heard in November, 2016, when the defendants made an application to submit the video recording forensic examination. We are awaiting the report of the Police Forensic Laboratory," the Memo stated.
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