FAKE SERVICE PERSON FINED OVER FAKE DRIVER'S LICENSE (MIRROR, DEC 4, 2010, PAGE 27)

From George Ernest Asare, Kumasi

A 35-year-old man, Yaw Boama, who claimed to have been attached to the Driver Vehicle and Licence Authority (DVLA) as a National Service Person last year, has been convicted to pay a fine of GH¢1,200 or serve eight months jail term in default.
Yaw Boama was convicted by a motor traffic court after he was found guilty of forging a licence belonging to a lady in Koforidua for use by a trotro driver.
The court, presided over by Mrs Miriam S. Sinare, also convicted the driver, Victor Kwame Aduful, who was using the fake driving licence to a fine of GH¢600 or serve four months jail term in default.
While the court convicted Boama on charges of impersonation and forging driving licence, Aduful, who is a 29-year-old driver, was convicted on charges of unauthorised parking, road obstruction, soliciting and picking passengers elsewhere, and forging driving licence.
Aduful, who was first arrested by personnel of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service for unauthorised parking of vehicle, was found to be using a fake driving licence, and during investigation, he led the police to arrest Boama as the one who provided him with the fake licence.
Giving the facts of the case, the Prosecutor, Chief Inspector V.K. Ahiabor, said as part of their routine checks, personnel from the MTTU arrested Aduful for unauthorised parking of his vehicle, and when they demanded to see his driving license, he produced one which the police detected to be fake.
He said as part of their investigations, the MTTU personnel sent a letter to the DVLA for the verification of the licence produced by Aduful, and a feedback indicated that the said licence was issued to Mrs Mary Ananoo by the Koforidua office of the DVLA on January 14, 2005.
He said when Aduful was confronted with the facts, he started panicking and mentioned Boama as the one who forged the licence for him for a fee of GH¢160.
Chief Inspector Ahiabor said with the assistance of Aduful, the police succeeded in arresting Boama.