A businessman has been accused of defrauding a lawyer of GH₵192,000 and has since appeared before an Accra Circuit Court.
Mahama Saani Razak, also known as Major Zack Gariba Tanko, allegedly impersonated a military officer and offered to deploy junior personnel to guard the complainant’s land at Kwabenya.
However, police investigations later revealed that Razak is not a member of the Ghana Armed Forces.
He has been charged with defrauding by false pretences.
Razak and his wife, Hudu Fatimata Neina, are also facing additional charges of conspiracy to commit a crime, to wit, defrauding. They have both pleaded not guilty.
The court, presided over by Mrs Evelyn Asamoah, has granted them bail in the sum of GH₵300,000 each, with two sureties to be justified with moveable property.
The prosecution has been ordered to file disclosures and witness statements by July 30, 2025. The case has been adjourned to August 8, 2025.
Presenting the facts, Chief Inspector Ebenezer Teye Okuffo told the court that the complainant, a lawyer based in North Legon, was introduced to Razak in March 2025 by a friend who claimed Razak was in the military.
Razak, who claims to be a miner residing in Dodowa, allegedly took the complainant to Burma Camp and introduced himself as a Major with the Military Police. He reportedly offered to “ward off” land guards from the complainant’s property using junior officers.
The complainant agreed and paid GH₵192,000 via mobile money transfers to numbers linked to Hudu and two other individuals — Abdul-Aziz Alhassan and Isaaka Dogoma.
Razak and Hudu allegedly failed to honour the arrangement and later went into hiding.
Following enquiries with the Ghana Armed Forces, the complainant discovered that Razak was not a military officer and subsequently filed a police report.
According to the prosecution, Razak denied the allegations in his caution statement, while Hudu admitted receiving an undisclosed amount via her mobile money account, which she claimed to have withdrawn on Razak’s behalf.
Source: GNA
