JUDGMENT
TORKORNOO, J.A.
The Plaintiff/Appellant (referred to as Appellant hereafter) is a private businessman who reported one Twum-Antwi, to the Odokor police station in Accra for defrauding him of his anticipated returns on a business deal.
The Appellant’s case is that the said Twum-Antwi was the chief executive officer of a company called Broadreach Ventures Ltd (hereinafter referred to as Broadreach). Broadreach was the original contractor of Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA). The Appellant and Broadreach entered into a Memorandum of Understanding which allowed the Appellant to execute a drainage contract that had been awarded to Broadreach by AMA. AMA paid for this contract to its known contractor Broadreach. Contrary to the terms of the MOU, Twum-Antwi took steps to divert the payments from the Appellant by registering new directors for Broadreach and withdrawing the cheque with them. The Appellant therefore got Twum-Antwi arrested on a complaint of fraud. Appellant claimed that T…