The Achimota District Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of General Constable Samuel Appiah, Service Number 58577, for allegedly defrauding by false pretenses.
Appiah is alleged to have deceived 197 prospective applicants in a security service recruitment scam last year.
According to the warrant, made available to the Ghana News Agency and issued on May 13, 2025, signed by Mr. Prince Osei Owusu, the presiding judge of the court, it stated, “You are hereby commanded in the name of the President to apprehend the said Constable of the National Formed Police Unit, Tesano-Accra, to appear before the District Court.”
The facts are that on December 5, 2024, complainant Sylvester Kofi Akudeka reported a case of defrauding by false pretenses by Constable Appiah, using contact numbers 050859824 and 0240180142.
It is alleged that Appiah collected an amount of GH₵1.6 million from 197 complainants, comprising young men and women, under the pretext of assisting them to get recruited into various security services.
Investigations have reached a point where the subject’s presence is needed at Lapaz Police Station to assist further in the probe, according to a communication signed by Superintendent Mr. Isaac Ocansey, District Commander, Tesano District, Accra.
Appiah’s whereabouts could not be ascertained at this time, with an appeal to the public to volunteer information toward his arrest.
Source: GNA
