Cecelia Dapaah

The Special Prosecutor has withdrawn the application to officially validate the seizure and freezing of funds and bank accounts belonging to Cecilia Dapaah. Additionally, the office has abandoned a criminal trial initiated against the former sanitation minister for her alleged failure to declare assets. These decisions follow a series of private hearings on the matter. For several months, the Special Prosecutor has held Cecilia Dapaah’s funds, seized during a search of her residence as part of an ongoing investigation. The office had also imposed freezes on certain bank accounts linked to Cecilia Dapaah, citing allegations of corruption and corruption-related activities.…

The Financial and Economic Crimes Division of the Accra High Court has adjourned to January 25, the case in which the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is seeking an order to freeze the assets of a former Minister of Sanitation, Cecilia Abena Dapaah. The OSP and lawyers of the former minister have been battling in court since July last year when the anti-graft agency commenced investigations on Ms Dapaah for alleged corruption and corruption-related offences following allegations that she was keeping more than $1 million in her house. That was after police prosecutors had arraigned two househelps working for…

Financial Court 2 of the High Court Complex will today, October 11, hear an application by former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah on the seizure and freezing order filed by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP). On Monday 16 October, the same Financial Court 2 will hear an application by the OSP for leave to file a supplementary affidavit to provide further evidence uncovered against Ms Dapaah. Cecilia Dapaah filed an interlocutory injunction application against the OSP on October 10, in an attempt to stop the Office from investigating and prosecuting her and her husband, Daniel Osei Kufuor, on charges of suspected…

Former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah has strongly contested allegations made by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) regarding funds received from a bank account linked to her late brother. In response to an affidavit filed by the OSP seeking confirmation of a new seizure of funds, Cecilia denied any implication that the monies and assets seized from her residence were of suspicious origin. The OSP had informed the court that a bank account belonging to the late brother of the former minister was still active and had recently transmitted funds to her account, despite supposed inactivity. Challenging this…