I’m a nice person – Alhaji Dawud speaks on Nayele cocaine saga
Alhaji Dawood, who was implicated in the Nayele Ameterfeh cocaine scandal, has described himself as a “nice person”.
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Alhaji Dawud and five others who were being tried in relation to the Nayele cocaine scandal, were freed by an Accra Circuit Court after the Attorney-General’s department decided not to pursue the case any longer.
The six - Alhaji Mohammed Alamid Dawood, Nana Akua Amponsah, Sadalia Sandra Nuhu, Abiel Ashietey Armah, a Foreign Service Officer and two other officials of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) - were standing trial for allegedly aiding Nayele Ametefeh to transport 12.5 kilogrammes of cocaine to the United Kingdom.
They however pleaded not guilty to the charge of aiding and abetment of crime.
Commenting after the case was discontinued Tuesday, Alhaji Dawood said his involvement in the case was a coincidence.
Stressing that he was a “nice man” who had done nothing wrong, he vowed to be careful about those he related to in future.
Alhaji expressed gratitude to those who he said supported him during his trial.
“Thank Almighty Allah for all those who supported me,” he told Accra-based Joy FM.
Facts of the case
Alhaji Dawood is said to have called Abiel Ashitey Armah, a Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who is the officer in charge of the VVIP and VIP Unit of the KIA, on phone to allow the ladies to use the VIP Lounge and also help them onto the tarmac to board the airline for London.
A simulation exercise conducted at the KIA revealed that the ladies, Nana Akua Amponsah, Sadalia Sandra Nuhu were helped by two officers of the Foreign Affairs Protocol Unit who had been instructed by the officer in charge of the VVIP and VIP Unit of KIA to assist them to access the VIP Lounge.
Investigations also established that they used an entrance reserved for staff of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), Airport Security, and the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, NACOB and the BNI at the airport.
It was further revealed that the two ladies, together with Ametefeh, went through the normal travel check-in processes, as they had earlier checked in their suitcases and went to the VIP Lounge with only their hand luggage which was scanned.
They then went through the VIP Baggage Arrival Hall and then to the VIP Lounge where they waited before boarding the airline to the Heathrow Airport.
Arrest
The two ladies were arrested in their homes after news had broken that they had returned to Ghana.
The other suspects were arrested after they had been exposed by a CCTV footage which captured the entry of Ametefeh, Amponsah and Nuhu, accompanied by some officials of the Foreign Affairs Protocol Unit, at the airport.
