A concerned resident of Kadjebi, a farming community in the Volta Region, Mr Thompson Ofori, has dragged the District Chief Executive (DCE) of the Kadjebi District Assembly, Mr Seth Frank Alifui, to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to answer to allegations of his involvement in massive fraudulent practices.
In a four-page petition dated Wednesday, April 18, 2012 to EOCO, and intercepted by Today, with copies to the Chief of Staff at the Presidency, Vice-President, Minister of Local Government & Rural Development and Volta Regional Minister, Mr Ofori stated that he finds it extremely difficult to understand why, Mr Alifui would use two separate names as a public officer, calling on EOCO to commission a full scale investigation into the matter.
“I am petitioning your good offices to investigate the circumstances surrounding the use of two names by the District Chief Executive of my district, Mr Seth Frank Alifui. I believe as a public officer, it is plainly dishonest to be using two different names since the import of such a conduct is obvious for any discerning person,” he noted.
Articulating how he detected the fraudulent practice of Mr Alifui, the Kadjebi concerned resident said a clearance form was signed in the distinctive signature of Mr Alifui dated July 30th 2011, following the payment of compensation to his (Ofori) Aunt, Margaret Achaa in respect of a parcel of land acquired by the Kadjebi District Assembly for the construction of the district hospital.
He said in the first payment document for clearance form of the land, Mr Alifui used the name of the Kadjebi District Assembly to effect the payment to Mrs Margaret Achaa.
According to him, Mr Alifui issued two post-dated cheques on May 30 and Friday June 29, 2012 to be withdrawn from the Agriculture Development Bank (ADB) in the name of John Mork Limited, a limited liability company of which Mr Alifui owes some money signed by the same Seth Frank Alifui in his distinctive signature though bearing a different name.
He said it was worth mentioning that an ADB, Nungua branch cheque bore the name of Frank Segbefia.
“For the said officer to sign his signature on a cheque in a different name other than the name he is officially known raises a lot of issues,” he stated.
He remarked that his petition should not be misconstrued as witch-hunting but his contribution to stamp out corruption in the society.
Mr Alifui used the two separate documents with the company name of John Mork Limited dated between July 30th, 2011 and May 30th, 2012 signed by Mr Alifui
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