Court issues warrant for arrest of AAL directors

The Accra Circuit Court last Tuesday issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Mohammed Hijizi, Managing Director of Mitsubishi, and Jehad, a Director of the company. They have been charged with conspiracy to commit crime.

The court, presided over by Mrs Doris Bempong, a High court judge sitting as an additional circuit court judge, adjourned the case to January 23, 2014.

When the case was last called in December, last year, Hijizi prayed the court to allow him to put in a plea bargain after his company had issued various cheques to settle its indebtedness to ECG from 2001 to 2004—totalling GH¢36,248.31 and penalty charges on illegal connection to the tune of GH¢43,685.06.

He, however, failed to honour his promise and also failed to show up in court when the case was called.

AAL dealers in Mitsubishi vehicles, was recently in the news for defrauding ECG to the tune of GH¢43,685.06 through illegal connection. 

This was after the same company had failed to pay an amount of GH¢36,248.31 of electricity it consumed from 2001 to 2004. It was subsequently disconnected by ECG.

The two were arrested in 2010 and put in the dock for conspiracy to commit crime. 

Civil action was also taken against them at the Commercial Court to retrieve the amount it owed ECG, which has been settled.

The criminal aspect has to do with the criminal intent to run down the company by stealing power and the general effect of sabotaging the economy of Ghana.