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11 Mar

Accused Persons Stole €300,000, $410,000, GH¢350,000 From My Storage Room – Cecilia Dapaah

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The ongoing criminal trial involving the domestic workers of former Minister of Sanitation Cecilia Abena Dapaah and her husband has made significant progress as the former government official appeared at the Accra High Court to take the witness stand and testify. Cecilia Dapaah appeared in court on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, as the third prosecution witness, marking her first appearance since the trial began. She gave her testimony, recounting how her domestic workers stole properties from her residence, myjoyonline.com reports. The politician disclosed that her jewellery worth $53,000 was stolen by the accused individuals, in addition to the cash they…

25 Jan

Full Text: OSP Abandons All Charges Against Cecilia Dapaah

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The Special Prosecutor has withdrawn the application to officially validate the seizure and freezing of funds and bank accounts belonging to Cecilia Dapaah.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.…

12 Jan

OSP, Cecilia Dapaah Legal Battle Continues January 25

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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…

11 Oct

Court To Hear Cecilia Dapaah’s Application To Unfreeze Bank Accounts Today

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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…

09 Oct

Money Received In Late Brother’s Name Was For His Kids’ Fees – Cecilia Dapaah

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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…

21 Sep

Cecilia Dapaah’s Case: Accused Persons Unable To Execute Bail

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Lawyers for those arrested in the money-stealing case of the former Minister for Sanitation and water resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, have bemoaned the inability of their clients to post their bail bond. An Accra Circuit Court has granted bail to four out of the seven accused persons. Mr Augustine Gyamfi who represented Sarah Agyei, the second accused in the case said, “It was not that they were not making any attempt to execute the bail granted by the court, but the interpretation of the bail condition was a challenge.” He, therefore, prayed to the court for a variation of bail. The…

21 Aug

Cecelia Dapaah Probe: Special Prosecutor Is Asking “Stupid” And “Useless” Questions- Lawyer Ampaw

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Lawyer Maurice Ampaw has taken a direct swipe at Special Prosecutor (SP), Kissi Agyebeng for asking “stupid” and ‘useless” questions in his interrogation about the heist that took place at the home of former Sanitation Minister, Cecelia Dapaah. Speaking on the Mmra Ne Abrabo Mu Nsem show on Wontumi TV, lawyer Ampaw stated that under the evidence decree act, the SP can’t ask questions during any proceedings with the intention to ride on it to get the former minister end up self-incriminating herself. “It is a stupid question from the Special Prosecutor to ask Cecelia where she got her money…

28 Jul

I Wasn’t Emphatic About Cecelia Dapaah’s Money Being Funeral Donation- Hon Wilkinson Clarifies

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Municipal Chief Executive of Amasaman, Honorable Clement Wilkinson, has given clarity about his opinion he shared regarding the theft of Cecelia Dapaah's gigantic sums of money. Speaking in an interview with Kwaku Dawuro, on Movement In The Morning show, on Movement TV/Wontumi radio, Hon Wilkinson gave clarity on his utterance he made on UTV which he claims has been highly misinterpreted by the public. According to him he was not insistent that the thousands of dollars stolen from the former Minister of sanitation, Honorable Cecelia Dapaah was from funeral donations but rather, had a possibility due to the amount of…

26 Jul

I Highly Commend The House Helps For Stealing Cecelia Dapaah’s Money; They Helped Stabilise The Dollar Rate- Kafui Amegah

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Communication team member for the New Patriotic Party, Kafui Amegah, has highly commended the culprits involved in the theft which occurred at the premise of Honorable Cecelia Dapaah. Kafui Amegah eulogized the accused house helps of the former Minister for Aviation and Sanitation and Water Resources, Honorable Cecelia Dapaah, for stealing her thousands of dollars hoarded in her house in an interview with Kwaku Dawuro, on Movement In The Morning show, which airs on Movement TV/Wontumi radio. According to him the culprits need to be released since the move they made saved the country from crisis by stabilising the dollar…