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Kinsley Ofosu, the remarkable lone survivor of the harrowing “Deadly Voyage” stowaway incident in 1992, has recently been apprehended in connection with an alleged 120,000 euros scam, as reported by onuaonline.com.
After an exhaustive 26-year-long pursuit, Ofosu was finally arrested on Saturday, October 14, 2023, at his hideout in Prampram. He was subsequently brought before Takoradi Circuit Court B.
The court was informed by Inspector Robert Yawson, the prosecutor, that Ofosu had been a fugitive since 1998, despite multiple efforts by the police to capture him.
Inspector Yawson requested that the court remand Ofosu in police custody to allow for the completion of their ongoing investigations.
Counsel for the accused, Victor Owusu, appealed for bail on behalf of his client. However, the court did not grant this request, and Ofosu has been remanded into police custody, with a subsequent court appearance scheduled for October 30, 2023.
The complainant, Charles Ohemeng, disclosed that he had met Ofosu in Germany in 1997. This connection was established following Ofosu’s international notoriety after the “Deadly Voyage” incident.
Ohemeng had decided to transport vehicles and printing machines from Europe to Ghana through Ofosu. He recounted, “I bought Mercedes Benz, a tanker, Nissan, a double-axle vehicle, Opel, printing machines, and many others, amounting to about 240,000 deutschmarks (equivalent to 120,000 euros) at the time. I shipped them to him in Ghana, and that was the end of everything. I did not hear from him again until his arrest today.”
In 1992, Kinsley Ofosu captured global headlines when he miraculously survived the brutal massacre of a group of African stowaways by the crew of the Bahamian-flagged Ukrainian-crewed cargo ship MC Rugby. The ship had docked in Takoradi with the stowaways on board, who had hoped for a better life in Europe.
Upon discovering the stowaways, a gruesome and tragic series of killings unfolded, leaving Ofosu as the sole survivor. This harrowing tale was later brought to life in the 1996 film “Deadly Voyage,” featuring prominent actors, including Ghana’s David Dontoh, and distributed to networks like the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Home Box Office (HBO). The film starred Omar Epps in the role of Kinsley Ofosu.
