The Inspector General of Police has taken legal action against Abuja-based lawyer, Abu Arome, alongside three Ghanaians — Sam Jonah, a Knight of the British Empire, Kojo Ansah, and Victor Quainoo — and their firm, Mobus Property Nigeria Ltd, by filing charges at the Federal Capital Territory High Court over allegations of forgery.
The charges, filed under suit number CR/402/2025 and dated June 25 but submitted on June 26, 2025, were initiated by police prosecutor Isa Garba from the Legal/Prosecution Section of Force Headquarters, Abuja. The police accuse the defendants of forging corporate documents in an alleged attempt to unlawfully take control of Houses for Africa Nigeria Ltd and Jonahcapital Nigeria Ltd.
According to the 26-count charge, investigations allegedly uncovered that the accused unlawfully inflated the company’s share capital and assigned 99 million shares to themselves using forged documents and fake signatures.
The defendants were also accused of misrepresenting their nationality as Nigerian citizens before the Corporate Affairs Commission to aid in carrying out their alleged fraudulent schemes.
The charge indicates that the accused persons jointly conspired to commit a felony by using fake board resolutions and letterheads of Houses for Africa Nigeria Ltd, which the police say constitutes an offence under Section 96 and punishable under Section 97 of the Penal Code.
One of the charges states that the accused, “acting in concert,” fabricated a 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, allegedly in breach of Section 362 and punishable under Section 364 of the Penal Code Law.
Count one 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 specifies:
“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.”
In support of their case, police attached several exhibits to the charge sheet, including petitions addressed to both the Inspector General of Police and the FCT Commissioner of Police.
The evidence bundle also contains the final police investigation report, statements from the defendants, and a document relinquishing 8,000,000 shares, allegedly signed by John Townley Johnson on Houses for Africa Holding Inc. letterhead, which forensic analysis reportedly found to be forged.
Additional materials cited include a board resolution dated September 9, 2013, from Houses for Africa Nigeria Ltd regarding director appointments and removals, as well as company status reports for Houses for Africa Nigeria Ltd and Jonahcapital Nigeria Ltd, all allegedly altered fraudulently.
Forensic analyses from KeyForensics Ltd and the Nigeria Police, both dated November 29, 2024, were also included in the submission.
Further documents presented by the police include board resolutions allegedly used to remove Nigerian directors and increase share capital, as well as land title papers processed by Mobus Property Nigeria Ltd — all of which, according to investigators, were produced without authorization and through fraudulent means.
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