Cecilia Abena Dapaah, a former minister for sanitation and water resources, disputed the Office of the Special Prosecutor’s (OSP) assertion that she was getting money from her late brother’s bank account.
After the OSP complied with a court order to return funds and assets taken from the former minister on suspicion of corruption and crimes related to corruption, it reclaimed the funds and asked the court to affirm the new seizure.
However, Madam Dapaah vigorously refuted and refuted claims that the money and valuables confiscated from her home were tainted in a sworn document in response to the OSP’s application.
The OSP had informed the court that the former minister’s deceased brother’s bank account is still open and functioning and that despite being meant to be inactive, the stated account recently paid money to the former minister.
“The applicant’s Exhibit OSP18 prominently displays the right account name, and the applicant could have simply inquired with Cal Bank about the mandate on the account. According to her affidavit, the money was given to her “for the purpose of paying the tuition for the children of my late brother.”
On September 11, the OSP had submitted its second motion in an effort to have the money, which was thought to be contaminated property, probed.
Following a news report in the Chronicle newspaper that some people had been detained on suspicion of stealing $1,000,000.00, the OSP detained five hundred ninety thousand dollars ($590,000.00) and two million eight hundred and sixty-two thousand and seven Ghana cedis from Madam Cecilia Dapaah’s home on July 24, 2023.
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