Diamond Appiah re-arrested in court

Aisha Modi, a businesswoman, accused Appiah of taking $30,000 from her in exchange for a plot of land that supposedly belonged to someone else. 

The court was scheduled to rule on whether Appiah had a prema facie case against him. 

However, the court noted that the Attorney General had filed Nolle prose qui when the case was summoned this morning.

According to Act 30 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the accused should be released from custody when such proceedings are filed, the court said. 

The Circuit Court, presided over by Mr. Isaac Addo, declared that the accused individual in the case, Diamond Appiah, had been released. 

However, the police later detained the suspects again. A dispute between the accused person's attorney, Mr. D.K. Nyameke, and the prosecutor, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Evans Kesse, as well as other police officials, ensued from the attempt by police to re-arrest the accused. 

The trial judge had to step in and express his unhappiness with the defense attorney's actions. Appiah had already asserted his innocence and been released on bond. 

Ayisha Modi, the complainant, is a businesswoman who resides in Adjiringanor, Accra, according to the prosecution's case. 

It claimed that the accused, Diamond Appiah, resided in East Legon and was a businesswoman as well. 

According to the prosecution, in 2020 the complainant needed to buy a piece of land for a construction project and talked about it with one Johnson, a witness in the case. 

According to the report, the suspect, who overheard the talk, jumped in and announced that she had a land tract in East Legon Hills and was prepared to sell it to the complaint for a lower amount. 

Allegedly, the accused asked the complainant for cash in the amount of US$30,000 in exchange for the claimed land.

According to the prosecution, the accused took the complainant to a plot of land in East Legon Hills and stated it was her property; nevertheless, when the complainant later visited the property, she encountered a man named Gustav who claimed ownership of the area. 

The complainant tried multiple times to get her money back from Appiah but was unsuccessful. She then filed a police report, which resulted in Appiah's detention.

It was discovered throughout the investigation that Appiah didn't own any land there. The prosecution claims that Appiah admitted the crime in her investigation cautious statement.