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As part of ongoing investigations into suspected financial misconduct and asset theft during Maxwell Kofi Jumah’s period as Managing Director of GIHOC Distilleries, police have returned three state-owned automobiles that were purportedly taken by Jumah.
After Jumah was arrested the day before in Kumasi, where he was taken up by police while celebrating his birthday at a private home, the cars were found on Monday, June 30.
Before being taken to the Ghana Police Service’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters in Accra for additional interrogation, he was first detained at the Ashanti Regional Police Command.
The Director-General of the CID, DCOP Lydia Yaako Donkor, confirmed the latest development during a media briefing. She said that Jumah’s arrest was based on a petition filed by GIHOC Distilleries, which claimed that the former MD had illegally kept company vehicles after leaving office.
“Mr. Maxwell Kofi Juma was arrested based on a petition that was submitted to us by the GIHOC Distilleries Company Limited. We received a petition to the effect that some vehicles which were the property of that company had been stolen by the said Maxwell Kofi Juma. Warrants for arrest was properly secured and that was the basis for which he was arrested and he’s in our custody at the CID headquarters and is assisting with investigation,” DCOP Donkor clarified.
In the course of the investigations, she noted, three of the missing cars had been successfully recovered.
As attempts continue to collect any remaining assets and determine the full scope of the alleged misbehavior, Jumah is actively helping the CID with inquiries.
“I must mention that we have retrieved three vehicles this afternoon, so the vehicles that were stolen by him have been retrieved,” she said. He is therefore really helping us with the investigation, and we will continue from there.
This most recent event comes after a previous operation on May 15 in which security personnel tried to remove state-owned cars from Jumah’s home. He was apparently not there at the time.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
