A 41-year-old ward assistant identified as Patience Mbaye has allegedly duped 26 applicants of GH¢675,000 in a Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) recruitment scam.
Reports suggest Mbaye is alleged to have collected GH¢675,000 from 26 people under the pretext of securing their recruitment into the GAF.
In court, Inspector Frank Morgan Dorvi, prosecuting, told the court that Mbaye allegedly acted with Ex-Senior Warrant Officer Jeffery Naboung, who is on the run.
The prosecution told the court the Ex-Senior Warrant Officer collected GH¢1,005,000 from 47 persons under the same pretext.
They were both charged with conspiracy to commit a crime and three counts of defrauding by false pretences.
However, Patience Mbaye pleaded not guilty, and the court admitted her to bail in the sum of GH¢100,000 with three justified sureties.
The case has since been adjourned to July 27, 2026.
According to the prosecution, the complainants were Fatima Adam and Abdul Malik Ali, a Prisons Officer and an okada rider, respectively, with the recruitment scam occurring between 2023 and 2024.
Part of a report by GNA read, “Ali met Mbaye, who allegedly told him she had links to facilitate the recruitment of interested persons into the GAF.
The prosecution said Ali later informed his sister, while Fatima also became interested after hearing about the alleged recruitment opportunity. It said Fatima contacted Mbaye by telephone to verify the authenticity of the arrangement.
The prosecution said Mbaye assured Fatima that she and Naboung had assisted several people to gain recruitment into the military. Mbaye, the prosecution alleged, directed Ali to pay GH¢25,000 into a bank account provided by Naboung.
Mbaye and Naboung allegedly collected GH¢675,000 and GH¢1,005,000, respectively, through their GCB Bank accounts from persons seeking recruitment into the GAF.
The prosecution said the duo failed to secure the promised recruitment, and despite demands by the complainants, the monies were not refunded. The matter was subsequently reported to the Police for investigations”.
In other news, the Interior Minister, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has announced that about 1,300 applicants who participated in the recent security services recruitment exercise tested positive for HIV.
According to the Interior Minister, the revelation informed the government’s decision not to send medical results directly to unsuccessful applicants.
He disclosed that there is a need for proper counselling and adherence to international health guidelines.
Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak explained that applicants who fail the medical examination were provided with contact details to enable them to voluntarily seek further information.
Speaking before Parliament’s Public Assurance Committee, the Interior Minister stated, “I remember the recent recruitment we had. I think about 1,300 also were on HIV. Can you imagine sending somebody a result telling the person that you have HIV? That’s not the procedure. The person has to go through some orientation”.
Also, he asserted that several of the medical conditions identified during the screening are treatable.
“Some of the things that we realised are treatable. People need to know and then also get treatment so that subsequent recruitment they could join,” he stated.
He further encouraged unsuccessful applicants to request their medical results, “It may be something minor, it may be something major. Whichever it is, if you get to know, it will be of great interest to you”.
The Interior Minister also disclosed that the government did not contact the HIV applicants directly but had instead provided a channel for them to voluntarily request their results.
“We provided contact for people to call who were interested in knowing why they failed… We are obliged to give them the results, but we can’t send them to you on the phone,” he explained.
Earlier, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak disclosed that over 6,000 applicants were disqualified during the medical screening stage of the ongoing security services recruitment.
Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak detailed that over 100,000 applicants underwent medical examinations as part of the recruitment process.
According to the Interior Minister, the Security Service medical process was expanded beyond the usual physical and laboratory checks.
He disclosed that the test included drug testing and mental health assessments.
The Interior Minister detailed that more than 4,000 applicants failed the drug tests, while about 2,000 others were disqualified on mental health grounds.
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