The Nkawie Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality has issued a warrant for the arrest of a nurse who defrauded five persons to the tune of GHS 1,000,000.
The warrant was because of the failure of Esther Asamoah Dufie, 35, the accused person, to appear before the court to answer defrauding charges against her.
Dufie is alleged to have defrauded two of her colleague nurses, a trader, a mechanic and a teacher to the tune of over GHS 1,000,000 under the pretense of sending them to the United Kingdom.
Her accomplices, Albert Anim Asante, a 23-year-old student, and Emmanuel Kofi Okai, a 30-year-old driver, pleaded guilty to the charge of abetment of defrauding and were remanded into prison custody to be brought back before the court on March 09, 2026.
Police Detective Chief Inspector Alexander Agbekpornu, prosecuting, told the court, presided by Mr. Robert Addo, that, Constance Yeboah and Dominic Owusu Sekyere the first two complainants (Victims), were colleague nurses of Dufie, at the Kumasi-Tafo Government Hospital.
The other victims, Alex Nyantakyi, a trader, Eric Adjei, a mechanic and Adwoa Frimpomaa Asamoah, a teacher, were residents of Obuasi-Tutuka and Asante Akropong.
He said in January 2024, Dufie advertised on her WhatsApp status about a dependent slot from his brother, a military officer in the United Kingdom to persons who wanted to travel to that country and the complainants showed interest.
According to the prosecution, in September 2024 and January 2025, Dufie collected an amount of GHS 67,000 from complainant Nyantakyi, for an alleged documentation processing, and on January 6, 2025, she collected 57,000 from complaint Owusu Sekyere.
She also collected GHS 60,000.00 from Adwoa Frimpomaa Asamoah on March 31, 2025, GHS 59,000 from Constance Yeboah and GHC 120,000 from Eric Adjei in April 2025, all through her Zenith Bank and GCB bank account numbers she gave to them.
Prosecution explained that Dufie then promised to provide the complainants’ visas by the end of April 2025 but failed.
In May 2025, they demanded a refund of their money.
Prosecution said, Dufie kept assuring the complainants and postponing till December 2025 and so a report was made to the Abuakwa police.
Dufie was arrested; in her caution statement, she admitted the offence and stated that she transferred GHS 957,658. as part of the amount to her accomplices.
Police investigations led to the arrest of the accomplices in Accra and in their caution statement, they admitted the offence and after further investigations they were charged and brought before the court.
GNA
Edited by Kwabia Owusu-Mensah/Benjamin Mensah
23 Feb. 2026
