Mr. Mawuli Dzah, Sogakofe High Court Registrar
Awake Investigates has uncovered multiple activities of the Sogakorfe Court Registrar, Mr. Mawuli K. Dzah who has been forging some certificates of letters of administration for deceased family and diverting filing fees, the 3% estate value and other related fees due to the state into his personal pocket.
In one case, Mr. Dzah signed a certificate of letters of administration for the administrators of the estate of the late Samuel Akakpo Vormawor [ads1]without the applicant of the letter of the administration (Mr. Daniel Wormawor and Mr. Emmanuel Vormawor) appearing in court and or the High Court judge granting the letters of the administration on 20th November, 2017.
Our investigation has revealed that Mr. Dzah forged the certificate and receipt number VIDE JS. No. 1522255 which on record was for another applicant in another court case.
The applicants have successfully used the fake certificate to withdraw about Ghc76,000 from the deceased’s bank account at Dansoman.
Awake Investigates also established that Mr. Dzah was paid an initial amount of GHc800 for the court filing fees and subsequently paid GHc6,500 after the money was successfully withdrawn by the administrators of the estate (Mr. Daniel Wormawor and Mr. Emmanuel Vormawor)
In an interview with Awake Investigates’ Efo Korsi Senyo, Mr. Dzah confessed to having prepared the certificate of the letter of administration for the applicants at the blind side of the court procedures and the judge but denied receiving any personal benefit, explaining he did so to assist the applicant to get funds to file for the necessary court processes.
However, in a follow up interview with one of the applicants, Mr. Emmanuel Vormawor, he insisted that they paid 800 Ghc being the filing and other fees and were, therefore, not in need of assistance, adding they had paid all commissions he had requested.
When asked how much money had been withdrawn from the bank with the fake certificates, Mr. Dzah admitted the money had been withdrawn from the bank but failed to disclose the amount.
He has, however, pleaded with Awake Investigates team to halts its investigations into the issues and that he is ready to meet conditions.
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