A dispatch rider who allegedly bolted with GH�125,000 belonging to his employer to start a business in Nigeria is now in the custody of the Cantonments Police.
The suspect, Mohammed Mustapha Haruna Mensah, 32, was apprehended in Nigeria through Interpol, 49 days after he had bolted with the money.
He is said to have invested the money in a commercial motorbike business, popularly known as �Okada�, at Calabar in Nigeria.
Money not banked
Briefing journalists yesterday, the Cantonments District Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Iddi Seidu, said the suspect, who had worked with a by DigiSaver gold dealer based in Accra, was arrested on January 9, 2015.
He said on November 20, 2014, Mensah had been given GH�125,000 to deposit in the company's bank account, but it was later realised that he had absconded with the money.
According to him, about 2 p.m. on that day, Mensah, who was with the official driver of the by DigiSaver gold company, had asked the driver to return to the office while he (Mensah) went to the bank to deposit the money.
However, Mr Seidu said, investigations established that the suspect had come out of the banking hall shortly after the driver had left and chartered a taxi to his house.
�When the driver arrived at the office without Mensah, the management of the company called Mensah to find out if he was done with the transaction, but Mensah said he was still at the bank, since there was a queue,� he said.
Later, he said, all attempts to reach Mensah on phone proved futile.
The next day, Mensah failed to show up for work and the management became alarmed, Mr Seidu added.
Suspect acted alone
The case was, subsequently, reported to the Cantonments Police, triggering investigations into Mensah�s whereabouts.
It was later established that Mensah had settled in Calabar in Nigeria and invested in the �Okada� business by buying motorbikes and recruiting riders who rendered daily account on their operations to him.
The Nigeria Branch of Interpol, before handing Mensah over to the Ghana Branch, retrieved four motorbikes and $8,000 from the suspect.
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