The High Court in Accra has scheduled Thursday, August 31, to deliver a ruling on the Special prosecutor’s application to freeze the bank accounts of former sanitation minister, Cecilia Dapaah.
The Office of the Special Prosecutor is currently investigating Madam Dapaah for corruption and corruption-related offences following the revelation that she was keeping more than $1 million in her Abelemkpe home.
This comes after the Chronicle Newspaper reported that her house helps were dragged to court for allegedly stealing $1 million, 300,000 euros, several millions of cedis and personal effects of the former minister and her husband.
Following the revelation, madam Cecilia Dapaah resigned from her position and was later arrested by the Special Prosecutor and accused of corruption and corruption related offences.
Meanwhile, the police and Attorney General are prosecuting persons accused of stealing the alleged monies from the minister’s house.
Police investigations further revealed that four additional houses were said to have been bought from the stolen monies from the Abelemkpe residence of former Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Madam Cecilia Abena Dapaah.
Also, two new Honda cars (Acura), estimated at the cost of over GHc600,000 Ghana Cedis have also been discovered.
The latest revelations add to the already existing houses and properties said to have been found at Amrahian and others in Tamale.
In the latest amended charge sheet filed on August 8, 2023, to replace the one previously filed in July, preferred charges to seven accused persons.
Patience Botwe, 18, hairdresser, Sarah Agyei, 30, unemployed, Benjamin Sowah, 29, plumber, Malik Dauda,34, unemployed, Christiana Achab, a trader, Job Pomary, a mechanic, and Yahaya Sumaila, Excavator operator, have been slapped with 14 counts.