Kinsley Ofosu, the sole survivor of the harrowing “Deadly Voyage” stowaway incident in 1992, has been arrested in connection with an alleged 120,000 euros scam, as reported by onuaonline.com. After a 26-year-long search, Ofosu was apprehended on Saturday, October 14, 2023, at his hideout in Prampram and brought before Takoradi Circuit Court B.
The court was informed by Inspector Robert Yawson, the prosecutor, that Ofosu had been a fugitive since 1998, eluding multiple police attempts to capture him. Inspector Yawson requested the court to remand Ofosu to facilitate ongoing investigations.
Counsel for the accused, Victor Owusu, sought bail for his client, but the court did not grant the request, and Ofosu has been remanded into police custody. He is scheduled to appear in court on October 30, 2023.
Charles Ohemeng, the complainant, shared that he met Ofosu in Germany in 1997, attracted by the survivor’s global recognition following the “Deadly Voyage” incident. He had engaged Ofosu to ship vehicles and printing machines from Europe to Ghana, amounting to approximately 240,000 deutschmarks (equivalent to 120,000 euros) at that time. After the shipment, he lost contact with Ofosu until his recent arrest.
In 1992, Kinsley Ofosu made international headlines as the lone survivor of a tragic episode where a group of African stowaways was brutally attacked by the crew of the Bahamian-flagged Ukrainian-crewed cargo ship MC Rugby, which had docked in Takoradi. The stowaways had aspired to find a better life in Europe. Ofosu’s remarkable survival in the face of a gruesome and tragic series of killings was later dramatized in the 1996 film “Deadly Voyage,” featuring prominent actors such as Ghana’s David Dontoh and distributed to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Home Box Office (HBO). The film starred Omar Epps as Kinsley Ofosu.
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