THE Atebubu-Amantin District Director of Education, Lucas Nsekisi-Nim, and his messenger, John Akwesi Hinneh, who allegedly extorted money from newly recruited untrained teachers (pupil teachers) in the district have been granted bail in the sum of GH¢2,000 and a surety each to be justified by a Sunyani Circuit Court.
The two accused persons, who pleaded not guilty to the offences of extortion and abetment of crime, would reappear before the court, presided over by Mr Justice Kwame Ohene Essel on September 21, this year.
The facts of the case as presented in court by Chief Inspector Kingsley Baafi were that, on August 5, 2009, the district director invited 18 pupil teachers who had received their pay arrears for the months of February and March to his office and demanded GH¢140 each from them.
The prosecutor said on reaching his office,Mr Nsekis-Nim threatened the teachers that if they failed to pay the amount, their appointments would be terminated.
Chief Inspector Baafi stated that out of fear, the teachers paid the monies to the messenger who was appointed by Nsekisi-Nim to collect the monies for him.
He said a total amount of GH¢25,000 was collected in the process.
It would be recalled that the Daily Graphic in its August 8, 2009 issue of this paper published the story with the headline: “Extortion: Police hunt for Director of Education”.
The story in part read that the Atebubu-Amantin District Police Command had launched a man-hunt for the District Director of Education, Lucas Nsekisi-Nim for allegedly extorting monies from newly recruited untrained teachers in the district.
According to the story, Nsekisi-Nim left his duty post when the District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Sanja Nanja made a report on the alleged extortion to the police. THE Atebubu-Amantin District Director of Education, Lucas Nsekisi-Nim, and his messenger, John Akwesi Hinneh, who allegedly extorted money from newly recruited untrained teachers (pupil teachers) in the district have been granted bail in the sum of GH¢2,000 and a surety each to be justified by a Sunyani Circuit Court.
The two accused persons, who pleaded not guilty to the offences of extortion and abetment of crime, would reappear before the court, presided over by Mr Justice Kwame Ohene Essel on September 21, this year.
The facts of the case as presented in court by Chief Inspector Kingsley Baafi were that, on August 5, 2009, the district director invited 18 pupil teachers who had received their pay arrears for the months of February and March to his office and demanded GH¢140 each from them.
The prosecutor said on reaching his office,Mr Nsekis-Nim threatened the teachers that if they failed to pay the amount, their appointments would be terminated.
Chief Inspector Baafi stated that out of fear, the teachers paid the monies to the messenger who was appointed by Nsekisi-Nim to collect the monies for him.
He said a total amount of GH¢25,000 was collected in the process.
It would be recalled that the Daily Graphic in its August 8, 2009 issue of this paper published the story with the headline: “Extortion: Police hunt for Director of Education”.
The story in part read that the Atebubu-Amantin District Police Command had launched a man-hunt for the District Director of Education, Lucas Nsekisi-Nim for allegedly extorting monies from newly recruited untrained teachers in the district.
According to the story, Nsekisi-Nim left his duty post when the District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Sanja Nanja made a report on the alleged extortion to the police.
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