Posted on: www.dailyguideghana.com
By William Yaw Owusu
Monday may 16, 2011.
An Evangelist from Adawso-Akwapim in the Eastern Region who assisted a widow to outwit her late husband’s family to collect his Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) benefits has been sentenced to six months in jail.
Daniel Nsabaa had conspired with Hannah Assior the widow to commit the crime but the court deferred the sentencing of the widow.
The Magistrate Court in Akwapim Mampong presided over by Gloria Anyisombe also sentenced Togbui Ishmael Akakpo and Micheal Lomnava to three months imprisonment each for abetting the crime.
The accused persons were said to have impersonated to provide supporting documents to the widow to claim Social Security Death and Survivors Benefits of her late husband, John Teye Asior who worked with the Environmental Health Division at Adawso Health Centre and died three years ago.
According to the police the widow had pretended that her husband’s family was not willing to help her claim the social security and therefore she solicited the help of the evangelist.
The application for the benefit at the SSNIT Mampong Akwapim Branch Office was been submitted by Nsabaa who had obtained letters of administration and affidavit from the Koforidua District Court to support the Claim as Customary Successor.
The deceased's family also applied for the Social Security Benefits at the demise of Asior a relative, at Somanya Branch of SSNIT but it turned out that someone had already lodged claim to collect the benefit at Mampong-Akwapim Branch of SSNIT.
Upon contacting the Deceased's family it was revealed that Daniel Nsabaa who had applied for the Benefits in his capacity as the Customary Successor was not known to the family.
In the course of investigations the Branch Manager SSNIT Mampong-Akwapim, Mrs. Victoria Gifty Abaidoo invited Nsabaa and handed him over to the Mampong Akwapim Police for further investigations.
The police later revealed that Asior the widow and Nsabaa were abetted by Lomnava and Togbui Akakpo who acted as leader of Ewe Community and Religious leader respectively to support their claim.
Lomnava and Togbui Akakpo were said to have sworn affidavits to confirm their identity as Religious Leader and Head of Ewe Community respectively.
They also confirmed in the said affidavits that Nsabaa had been nominated by the deceased family as the customary successor to assist the widow to claim the Social Security Benefits.
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