The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has frozen two bank accounts belonging to former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources Cecilia Abena Dapaah, according to sources.
This is part of an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the former government appointee's decision to store such large sums of money in her house.
Madam Cecilia Dapaah resigned in a letter to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Saturday, July 22, just 24 hours after news of foreign cash stolen from her bedroom surfaced.
"I intend to fully cooperate with all state agencies to enable them to fully establish the facts," she stated in her letter.
"I have no doubt that at the end of the processes, it will be established that I conducted myself with integrity during my period in public service and that I will be fully exonerated from all allegations," she added.
Madam Cecilia Dapaah is believed to have stored $1 million, €300,000, and unspecified amounts of Ghana Cedis at home.
These funds were allegedly stolen by two house helpers, who are currently on trial in an Accra Circuit Court.
Later, the Attorney-General requested that the Police examine the ownership of the stolen US$200,000 and €300,000 from the house of former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources Cecilia Abena Dapaah.
This came after the A-G stated that Madam Abena Dapaah failed to identify the owner of the cash.
According to the A-G's advise on the money stolen from Madam Dapaah, "[she] stated in her initial complaint that $800,000 belonged to her deceased brother and GHC300,000 of contribution towards her mother's funeral were stolen and were contained in a box and a bag, respectively." This is confirmed by Henry Osei Kwabena, who informed police on July 4th, 2023, that he sent the box of money to her sister for safekeeping.
Regardless, it is critical for the police to conduct impartial investigations into these claims in order to determine the following:
i. The genuine ownership of $800,000 in cash. ii. The source(s) from which the established owner of US$800,000 obtained the funds. iii. Whether the accused stole the full amount of US$800,000 from the complainants' home."
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