Joseph Kwow Addo Sam, a 57 year old lawyer who is before the Circuit Court in Achimota for allegedly forging a WILL has been granted bail.
As part of the bail conditions, he is required to provide three surities, one of whom must be a public or civil servant with a monthly salary of not less than Three Thousand (GHC 3,000.00) The court presided over by Her Honour Akosua Anokyewa Adjepong has also ordered the accused to report to the investigator once every two weeks.
Lawyer Kwow Addo Sam has been charged with four counts of
conspiracy to commit a crime namely forgery, forgery of official documents, uttering of forged documents and perjury but he has pleaded not guilty.
When the case was called on Thursday, his lawyer Bernard Koranteng Obiri holding brief for Paul Asibi Abariga pleaded with the court to grant him a self recognisaince bail on grounds that he is a well known family man and has a safe place of abode. However the court declined the request for a self recognisaince bail.
Lawyer Kwow Addo Sam is standing trial together with Alhaji Seidu Bamba, a Chief in Accra and three sons of the deceased, Abdulai Salia, Abubakar Salia and Saeed Salia.
According to the facts of the case, the Complainant, Idris Salia petioned the CID for investigations when he became suspicious of a WILL that surfaced after the death of his Father Alhaji Salia in 2021. The purported WILL was said to be his father’s last WILL . The alleged forged WILL was witnessed by the late Tony Kenyin Foli and Alhaji Seidu Bamba who is the second accused in this case. The complainant did his private investigations and found out that his Late Father Alhaji Salia’ Abudulai and the late Tony Kenyin Foli’s signature on the WILL had been forged.
The case has been adjourned to August 15 for continuation.
