The New Abirem Circuit Court in the Eastern Region has sentenced a 27-year-old former Community Police Assistant, Emmanuel Nixon Nyaning, to 20 years in prison for defrauding serving police officers and a prospective recruit in two separate scams.
Presiding Judge, Her Honour Adwoa Akyaamaa Fosu, delivered the ruling, concluding two separate cases against Nyaning, who is already serving a 22-month jail term at the Koforidua Prison for similar offences.
Nyaning’s elaborate fraudulent schemes revolved around false promises of securing auctioned vehicles from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and facilitating recruitment into the Ghana Police Service.
In the first case, Nyaning pleaded guilty to defrauding Detective Lance Corporal Seidu Abdul Rahman of GH¢20,000.
Prosecutors explained that in November 2024, he posed as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and convinced the officer he could help him acquire an auctioned Toyota pick-up. He was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for the offence.
In another case, he also pleaded guilty to defrauding his 28-year-old friend, Hassan Jamiu**, of **GH¢27,600, after falsely claiming that an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) at the Police Headquarters could secure Hassan a slot in the Police Service.
Nyaning went as far as creating a fake identity named “ACP Gabriel Domenyo”, receiving the payments personally. For this, the court handed him an additional 10-year sentence.
A third case involving Chief Inspector Samuel Appietu Appiah was also heard.
In this instance, Nyaning allegedly defrauded the officer of GH¢199,550, promising to help him purchase two auctioned vehicles — a Mitsubishi L200 and a Toyota Corolla — from the same church.
He even issued a fake receipt and directed the complainant to the church’s Accra headquarters to collect the vehicles in March 2025.
However, investigations revealed that no such auction had ever taken place.
Nyaning pleaded not guilty in this case, which has been adjourned to November 5, 2025, for trial.
During interrogation, the convict admitted that his motive was to raise funds to process travel documents for a trip abroad.
His fraudulent spree came to an end when he was arrested in September 2025 after going into hiding.
He was already serving 22 months in prison for a similar offence before the new sentences were handed down.
Source: Starrfm.com.gh
