The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Dame, has stated that there is no evidence of corruption or procurement breaches concerning former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Dapaah, and her husband, Daniel Osei Kufuor.
This information comes from correspondence between the Chief Executive Officer of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, and the Attorney General (AG), Godfred Dame.
EOCO sought direction from the AG regarding Cecilia Dapaah’s case, which was referred to it by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
According to the correspondence, the AG’s office reviewed the OSP case against the former minister and a report by EOCO, finding no evidence of corruption-related offenses or procurement violations by the former minister and her husband.
The AG’s letter stated: “A study of the docket from the OSP and the report by your office indicates that: a. investigations by the OSP did not establish any evidence of corruption, corruption-related offences, or procurement breaches against the suspects; b. the OSP has returned money and other properties retrieved from the suspects in the course of their investigations to them, and the suspects have been accordingly discharged by the OSP.”
EOCO sought guidance from the AG’s office on how to proceed with the investigation into money laundering allegations made against the former minister and her husband by the OSP.
The AG responded to EOCO stating that “the OSP’s referral to EOCO for investigations to be conducted into money laundering is without basis.”
The OSP concluded its case against the former minister and her husband, accused of corruption and corruption-related offenses after two of their house helps allegedly stole $1 million and €300,000 in cash, along with other valuable items from their residence in Abelemkpe.
Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng determined that his office lacked the authority to prosecute or take further action against the former minister and referred the case to EOCO, suspecting that the large sums of money found at Cecilia Dapaah’s properties and bank accounts could be the proceeds of a money laundering and structuring scheme.
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