The Dansoman Circuit Court has adjourned the alleged fraud case involving Ghanaian actor Samuel Seth Karikari, popularly known as Koo Ofori, to August 13, 20245.
According to Ghana News Agency, this adjournment comes after the prosecutor, Chief Inspector Christopher Wonder, informed the court that the case investigator was unwell and couldn’t prepare the necessary documents in time.
Due to this, the prosecutor asked the judge to push the hearing to a later date.
The judge, El-Alawa Abdul-Baasit, agreed and set the new date for a Case Management Conference, which is basically a meeting where the court will go over the details of the case before a full trial starts.
Koo Ofori has been accused of defrauding someone by giving false information. He has pleaded not guilty to the charge and is currently out on bail of GH¢320,000.
He was also asked to provide three sureties, meaning three people must vouch for him and ensure he appears in court.
The case was brought by Dr Emy Oduro-Burton, a medical doctor living in the United States. According to the prosecution, in 2021, Koo Ofori told Dr Burton about a piece of land for sale at Spintex in Accra.
He said it was a full plot, measuring 70 by 100 feet, and that it cost $50,000 (around GH¢309,000 at the time).
Dr Burton agreed to buy the land and sent the money to Koo Ofori’s bank account. The prosecutor explained that out of the full amount, Koo Ofori only paid GH¢170,000 to the actual landowner, a man named Kwaku Danso, who is now a witness in the case.
When Dr Burton later returned to Ghana and went to see the land in person, she found out it was only a half plot, not a full one as promised. Also, the value of the land was actually GH¢170,000 not $50,000 as she had been told.
