By Our Correspondent
Police preferred a 26-count charge against a Nigerian lawyer, Abu Arome, and 3 Ghanaians, namely Sam Jonah, a Knight of British Empire (KBE); Kojo Ansah; Victor Quainoo, and a company, Mobus Property Nigeria Ltd.
The charge marked CR/402/2025, filed before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, was dated 25th, but filed on June 26th 2025, and endorsed by Isa Garba, prosecuting counsel, legal/prosecution section, Force headquarters, Abuja.
By the charge, the complainant (IGP) stated that the defendants are being prosecuted over their alleged involvement in the forgery of company documents in a bid to illegally takeover Houses for Africa Nigeria Ltd, and Jonahcapital Nigeria Ltd.
According to police authority, investigations revealed that the accused persons had illegally increased the company’s share capital and allocated 99 million shares to themselves using falsified documents and forged signatures, also falsely presenting themselves as Nigerian ‘citizens to the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to facilitate their alleged fraudulent activities.
In a bid to prove its case of fraud, forgery, impersonation etc against the defendants, the police listed alongside the charge, several exhibits namely; letters of petition to the Inspector General of Police and Commissioner of Police FCT Command respectively.
Also attached to the charge are copies of final police investigation report; police investigation report; statements of the Defendants; and a letter of relinquishment of 8,000,000 shares allegedly signed by John Townley Johnson on Houses for Africa Holding Inc. letterhead which police through forensic have confirmed forged.
Other exhibits include, board resolution of Houses for Africa Nigeria Ltd. dated 9th September 2013, appointing and removing directors, various status reports of Houses for Africa Nigeria Ltd, and that of Jonahcapital Nigeria Ltd all of which was done through fraudulent means.
The charge was also accompanied by forensic reports from keyforensics Ltd, and the Nigerian Police dated 29th November 2025.
Furthermore, the board resolution used to remove Nigerian Directors from Jonahcapital Nigeria Ltd/Houses for Africa Nigeria Ltd; board resolution used to increase share capital of Houses for Africa, and Jonahcapital; and title documents processed in Mobus Property Nigeria Ltd. were equally listed as exhibits by the police as they were done without authority and fraudulently.
One of the charges reads; “That you Kojo Mensah Ansah ‘M’ MD/CEO of Mobus Property Nigeria Ltd of No. 21 Capella Place Units 16 Eastern Region Accra Ghana and Samuel Esson Jonah KBE ‘M’ of plot 38 Maitama Sule Street, Asokoro Abuja, between January 2010 and January 2025 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable court did knowingly give false information to the Commissioner of Police FCT Command and the Inspector General of Police through a petition dated 23rd January 2025 and 9th September, 2024, against John Townley Johnson, Adeniran Ogunmuyiwa and Paul Odili, that they committed an offence of fraud, land grabbing, Identity theft and misled the police officers, which you know or believe it to be false. You thereby committed an offence punishable under section 178 of the Penal Code Law.”
