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Jirapa MP in court over alleged fraud and money laundering

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The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Jirapa Constituency in the Upper West Region, Dr. Francis Bawaana Dukura, has appeared in court on charges of fraud and money laundering.

Dr. Dakura is alleged to have collected GH₵3.5 million equivalent of $900,000 between April 2016 and January 2017, under the pretext of selling a 2.8 acre land belonging to the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board (GMMB) at Roman Ridge in Accra to the Chief Executive Officer of Prefos Company Limited.

The MP pleaded not guilty to defrauding by false pretenses, falsification of accounts, forgery of other documents, uttering of forged documents and money laundering.

He was arraigned at the Accra Circuit Court, and the court, presided over by Mrs. Rosemary Baah Torsu admitted the MP to bail in the sum of GH₵3.5 million with four sureties, one to be justified. The other sureties are to be of sufficient means and independent.

The trial has been adjourned to December 16.

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