Alleged Fraud: Lawyer, Foreigners For Arraignment July 16

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) will tomorrow arraign an Abuja-based legal practitioner, Abu Arome, and three Ghanaians: Sam Jonah, a Knight of British Empire (KBE), Kojo Ansah, Victor Quainoo and a company, Mobus Property Nigeria Limited before Justice Modupe-Osho Adebiyi of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The complainant (IGP), in the 26-count charge marked CR/402/2025, dated June 25, but filed on June 26, 2025, said the defendants would be prosecuted for their alleged involvement in the forgery of company documents to illegally takeover Houses for Africa Nigeria Ltd, Jonahcapital Nigeria Ltd, as well as assume the ownership and control of River Park Estate, Abuja.

In the charge, Isa Garba, prosecuting counsel, Legal/Prosecution Section, Force Headquarters, Abuja and Maureen Okonkwo, registrar, High Court of the FCT, Abuja, the accused persons allegedly increased the company’s share capital and allocated 99 million shares to themselves using falsified documents and forged signatures.

They were also accused of falsely presenting themselves as Nigerian citizens to the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to facilitate their alleged fraudulent activities.

To prove its case of fraud, forgery and impersonation against the defendants, the police listed alongside the charge, several exhibits namely: letters of petition to the IGP and commissioner of police FCT Command respectively.

Also attached to the charge were copies of the final 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 the police through forensic test confirmed were forged.

Other exhibits were the board’s resolution on Houses for Africa Nigeria Ltd dated September 9, 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 Key Forensics Ltd and the Nigeria Police Force dated November 29, 2025.