Two house helps, Patience Botwe (18 years old) and Sarah Agyei (30 years old), who were employed by the Minister and her husband, Daniel Osei Kuffour, are currently facing charges at an Accra Circuit Court. The charges are related to their alleged theft of valuable items and money worth millions of cedis from the couple's residence in Abelemkpe, Accra. The stolen items include assorted clothes valued at GH¢95,000, handbags, perfumes, and jewelry worth US$95,000. The accused are facing charges of conspiracy to commit a crime and five counts of stealing, for incidents that took place between July and October 2022.
Patience Botwe has been accused of stealing six pieces of Kente cloth valued at GH¢90,000 and six sets of men's suits worth US$3,000, which belong to the minister's husband. Additionally, her current and former boyfriends, along with her father, are facing charges for dishonestly receiving GH¢1 million, GH¢180,000, and GH¢50,000, respectively, in connection with the crime.
Meanwhile, in a press statement earlier, Mrs. Dapaah pointed out inconsistencies between the complaint and what was reported in the public domain from the charge sheet and court proceedings.
“I refer to publications dated 21/07/2023 suggesting that I own one million dollars, three hundred thousand euros and millions of cedis which have been stolen from my house.”
”There are noticeable inconsistencies between what is being discussed in the public domain and the thrust of the original complaint on the matter.”
“I am taking steps to examine the origins of the inconsistencies and will provide a detailed response in the coming days,” Mrs Dapaah said in a press statement dated July 21, in reaction to media reports on the theft.
Prior to initial reports, a resignation letter dated, Saturday, July 22, 2023 and addressed to the President, she wrote:
“I write to inform you that I wish to resign from my position as Minister of Sanitationand Water Resources.
“It has been a great privilege and honor for me to have been given the opportunity to serve in your government and an even greater honor to have worked to try and bring your great vision for our country to fruition.
“Since yesterday, Friday, July 21, 2023, social and traditional media have been full of stories about a court case involving a theft that took place last year in the home I live with my husband and daughter. The stories sought to suggest that I own various huge sums of foreign currencies and millions of Ghana cedis which have been stolen frommy home.
“Whereas I can state emphatically that those figures do not represent correctly what my husband and I reported to the Police, I am very much aware of the import of such stories around someone in my position.
“I am resigning therefore because I do not want this matter to become a preoccupation of government and a hindrance to the work of government at such a crucial time.
“I intend to cooperate fully with all state agencies to enable them fully establish the facts,I have no doubt whatsoever that at the end of the processes, it will be fully established that I have conducted myself with integrity during my period in public service and I will be fully exonerated from all the allegations that have filled the public domain in the past 24 hours.
“I thank you my dear, Mr President, for the honor done me in giving me the opportunity to serve our beautiful nation Ghana,” she wrote.
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