Mr. Osei Owusu is reported to have stolen various sums of money amounting to over GHc 20,000 and has been charged with stealing and the threat of harm.

According to the facts put out by the prosecution, Ecosafe is a collateral management company that operates warehouse services in Tema and is owned by Samuel Owusu, father of the accused.

EM Capital invested in various corporate bonds issued by Ecosafe from 2011 to March 2015 and failed to pay back the matured corporate bonds to the tune of GHc10.7 million that had been before an Accra high court.

The court subsequently froze all Ecosafe bank accounts and also ordered that the properties of the company be auctioned.

The prosecution said Maxwell, being aware of the suit and the judgment of the court,  went to the tenants of the warehouses, threatened them and got them to issue cheques for rent for the use of the warehouses.

In the process, the accused collected the aforementioned cheques issued in the name of Ecosafe with the said face values and paid same into his personal account at Royal Bank.

Various attempts by the complainant to get Maxwell to explain why he paid the cheques into his bank account were met with insults and threatening words.

The presiding judge, Malike Woanyah, after the hearing of the facts of the case granted the accused person bail in the sum of GHC 50,000 with two sureties, one to be justified.

As part of the bail condition, he is also to drop his passport with the registrar of the court and report to the police every two weeks.

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By: Fred Djabanor/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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The Deputy Director of the EPA, Emmanuel Appoh, told the Ghanaian Times that EPA has installed the equipment to monitor the quantity of harmful particles and chemicals in the air.

Industrial activities and heavy vehicular movement in the industrial hub of Tema is a source of air pollution with its attendant health implications.

He explained that poor air quality came with diseases including upper and lower track infections which had been ranked by the Ghana Health Service in its 2010 report as among the top 20 disease burden in Ghana.

Mr. Appoh said the other 15 air quality monitoring sites across residential, industrial and commercial areas in the Accra metropolis were also at risk of theft.

When asked why the sites could not be fenced to prevent theft, The Deputy Director said the equipment worked best in an open area. Mr Appoh expressed worry about the quality of air, saying “it is not too good, we need to do a thorough work on it.”

He said the Air Quality Index(AQI) yardstick runs from 0-500 adding that the higher the AQI, the greater the level of air pollution and the health implications.

“An AQI value of 100 generally corresponds to the national air quality standard for the pollutants, which is the level the EPA has set to protect public health.

“AQI values below 100 are generally thought of as satisfactory; when AQI values are 100, air quality is considered to be unhealthy at first for certain sensitive groups of people, then for everyone, as AQI values get higher,” Mr. Appoh explained.

Mr Appoh said air quality monitoring was a very expensive venture, adding that the EPA requires adequate resources to address the problem.

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Source: Salifu Abdul-Rahaman/Ghanaian Times

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The fugitive, Yaw Abdulai alias Yaw Welle, was an errand boy who lived with the victim and is suspected to have broken into his room on the evening of August 8 and stolen the cash.

Police suspect the fugitive is hiding in Accra and a reward of GHc 10,000 has been offered for any assistance leading to his arrest.

A warrant for his arrest was issued on August 15, 2017, by the Koforidua Circuit Court after the victim of the crime had reported the theft to the Eastern Regional CID on August 9.

Yaw Abdulai is about 5.6 inches tall and is described as stout, dark in complexion with bushy hair, medium eyes and ears.

He hails from Kumawu in the Ashanti Region and has a tribal mark on his left cheek.

Anyone with information on him is requested to report to the Eastern Regional CID at Koforidua or the nearest police station.

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By: citifmonline.com/Ghana

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