….As Party’s Parliamentary Aspirant Turns out To Be a Fraudster
It appears the National Democratic Congress (NDC) vetting committee did not do due diligence in the vetting of Alhaji Abdul Nasiru Abass, the party’s parliamentary candidate for Okaikoi North Constituency, in the Greater Accra Region ,as it has been uncovered that the candidate has issues with his nationality and other criminal cases in his closet.
Currently pending before the Madina Divisional Command in Accra, is a fraud case against Alhaji Abass. The candidate according to security sources has defrauded one Edwin Mawuli Azariah, in the sum of GH¢10, 000 under the pretext of supplying him with petroleum products.
The Herald has reliably learnt that the nationality of the NDC parliamentary aspirant, who won the controversial NDC primary that ousted Mr. Andrew Okaikoi, is also in doubt. He is said to be a Malian brought to Ghana at the age of three.
According to the paper’s sources, Abass had been playing hide and seek with the security operatives since last year. Luck, however, eluded him shortly after his election as the NDC candidate at the NDC parliamentary primaries on Saturday, October 14, 2012, at Sunny Side School in Niiboi Town, a suburb of Accra.
Abass was lured to ‘Sues Inn hotel’ at Flattop, near Abeka Lapaz, last Saturday October 21, 2012 to attend a meeting of some New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters who had defected and wanted to divulge insider information to help him wrestle the seat from the NPP’s MP, Madam Elizabeth Sackey.
The security operatives in mufti waited for several hours only for the NDC parliamentary aspirant to appear at the scene at exactly 4PM and was immediately arrested and bundled into a waiting unregistered vehicle to the Madina Divisional Police Station.
He was later granted a police enquiry bail to the tune of twenty thousand Ghana Cedis with surety to appear last Monday October 22, 2102.
The police enquiry bail was for Alhaji Abass was signed by one Alhaji Bawa, The Herald has learnt The Herald can confirm that the fraud victim over the years mounted a manhunt for Abass to retrieve his money, but could not get him.
Alhaji Abass, later issued a cheque on his Intercontinental Bank, dated September 30, 2012 which turned out to be a dud cheque.
Source: GhanaWeb
