Thursday, July 10, 2025 - The Inspector General of Police has dragged an Abuja-based legal practitioner, Abu Arome, and three Ghanaians —Sam Jonah, a Knight of the British Empire, Kojo Ansah and Victor Quainoo, along with their company, Mobus Property Nigeria Ltd —before the Federal Capital Territory High Court over allegations of forgery.
In a charge marked CR/402/2025, dated June 25 but filed on
June 26, 2025, by prosecuting counsel, Isa Garba, of the Legal/Prosecution
Section, Force Headquarters, Abuja, the police alleged that the accused persons
were involved in the forgery of company documents to illegally take over Houses
for Africa Nigeria Ltd and Jonahcapital Nigeria Ltd.
The 26-count charge against the accused states that
investigations revealed they illegally increased the company’s share capital,
allocating 99 million shares to themselves using falsified documents and forged
signatures.
The charge further states that the accused falsely presented
themselves as Nigerian citizens to the Corporate Affairs Commission to
facilitate their alleged fraudulent activities.
The police stated that the defendants, acting in concert,
conspired to commit a felony, namely using forged board resolutions and
letterheads of Houses for Africa Nigeria Ltd, an offence contrary to Section 96
and punishable under Section 97 of the Penal Code.
According to the charge, the three Ghanaians and Abu Arome,
“acting in concert,” forged the board resolution of Houses for Africa Nigeria
Ltd to transfer 7,500,000 ordinary shares from Houses for Africa Holdings Inc.
to Samuel Esson Jonah, thus committing an offence contrary to Section 362 and
punishable under Section 364 of the Penal Code Law.
Count one of the charge reads: “That you, Kojo Mensah Ansah,
MD/CEO of Mobus Property Nigeria Ltd, of No. 21 Capella Place, Units 16,
Eastern Region, Accra, Ghana, and Samuel Esson Jonah, KBE, of Plot 38 Maitama
Sule Street, Asokoro, Abuja, between January 2010 and January 2025, in Abuja,
within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, knowingly gave false
information to the Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, and the Inspector
General of Police, through a petition dated 23rd January 2025 and 9th September
2024, against John Townley Johnson, Adeniran Ogunmuyiwa, and Paul Odili,
alleging offences of fraud, land grabbing, and identity theft, and misled the
police officers, which you knew or believed to be false. You thereby committed
an offence punishable under Section 178 of the Penal Code Law.”
Count two states: “That you, Kojo Mensah Ansah, MD/CEO of
Mobus Property Nigeria Ltd, and Samuel Esson Jonah, KBE, between January 2010
and January 2025, in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court,
knowingly gave false information to the Commissioner of Police, FCT Command,
and the Inspector General of Police, through a petition dated 23rd January 2025
and 9th September 2024, against John Townley Johnson, Adeniran Ogunmuyiwa, and
Paul Odili, alleging offences of fraud, land grabbing, and identity theft, and
misled the police officers, which you knew or believed to be false. You thereby
committed an offence punishable under Section 140 of the Penal Code Law.”
Count three states: “That you, Kojo Mensah Ansah, MD/CEO of
Mobus Property Nigeria Ltd, of No. 21 Capella Place, Units 16, Eastern Region,
Accra, Ghana; Samuel Esson Jonah, KBE, of Plot 38 Maitama Sule Street, Asokoro,
Abuja; Victor Quainoo, of Glory Court, Dan Suleiman Street, Utako, Abuja; Abu
Arome, 35 years, of Jinifer Plaza, CBD, Abuja; and Mobus Property Nigeria Ltd,
of Plot 38 Maitama Sule Street, Asokoro, Abuja, between January 2010 and
January 2025, in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court,
conspired to commit a felony, namely forgery of board resolutions and
letterheads of Jonahcapital Nigeria Ltd. You thereby committed an offence
contrary to Section 96 and punishable under Section 97 of the Penal Code Law.”
Count four reads: “That you, Kojo Mensah Ansah, MD/CEO of
Mobus Property Nigeria Ltd, of No. 21 Capella Place, Units 16, Eastern Region,
Accra, Ghana; Samuel Esson Jonah, KBE, of Plot 38 Maitama Sule Street, Asokoro,
Abuja; Victor Quainoo, of Glory Court, Dan Suleiman Street, Utako, Abuja; Abu
Arome, 35 years, of Jinifer Plaza, CBD, Abuja; and Mobus Property Nigeria Ltd,
of Plot 38 Maitama Sule Street, Asokoro, Abuja, between January 2010 and
January 2025, in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court,
conspired to commit a felony, namely forgery of board resolutions and
letterheads of Houses for Africa Nigeria Ltd. You thereby committed an offence
contrary to Section 96 and punishable under Section 97 of the Penal Code Law.”
To prove its case of fraud, forgery, and impersonation,
among other charges, the police listed several exhibits alongside the charge,
including letters of petition to the Inspector General of Police and the
Commissioner of Police, FCT Command.
The charge also included copies of the final police
investigation report, statements from 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 forensic analysis has
confirmed to be forged.
Other exhibits included a board resolution of Houses for
Africa Nigeria Ltd, dated 9th September 2013, appointing and removing
directors, various status reports from Houses for Africa Nigeria Ltd and
Jonahcapital Nigeria Ltd, all of which were allegedly done through fraudulent
means.
The charge was also accompanied by forensic reports from
KeyForensics Ltd and the Nigeria Police, dated November 29, 2024.
Furthermore, the board resolution used to remove Nigerian
directors from Jonahcapital Nigeria Ltd/Houses for Africa Nigeria Ltd, the
board resolution used to increase the share capital of Houses for Africa and
Jonahcapital, and title documents processed by Mobus Property Nigeria Ltd, were
listed as exhibits by the police, as they were done without authority and
fraudulently.
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