The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has revealed that the decision by his office to investigate the origins of the substantial amount of money missing from the former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Dapaah was prompted by the case brought against her domestic staff by the Attorney General.
During an interview on Monday, January 8, Mr. Agyebeng clarified that as the Attorney General pursued charges against Dapaah’s house helpers for the missing funds, the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) concurrently initiated an inquiry into the source of the over $1 million and other valuable items stolen from the ex-minister’s Abelemkpe residence.
He explained that the OSP collaborated with the Attorney General to uncover the truth behind the matter.
“From the OSP’s perspective, we are looking at what is the source of this money, and where is the money coming from. That this huge sum of money is sitting in a public officer’s house,” Agyebeng stated.
“On this matter, we approached the Attorney General and said we were interested in what was going on at the other end, and that we were following up on it. Incidentally, it was actually the court processes filed by the Attorney General in respect of the theft case that propelled the investigation. We became interested when we saw those court processes.”
Agyebeng also emphasized that the work carried out by the Attorney General actually complements the investigations of the OSP rather than hindering them.
“It [the Attorney General’s case] doesn’t hamper our work; it rather enhances our work because if you are tracing whether someone actually stole this amount of money and the other end is investigating the source of the money, we are all going toward a comprehensive solution to the matter.”
In July 2023, it was revealed that two domestic workers of Cecilia Abena Dapaah and her husband, Daniel Osei Kuffour, were taken to an Accra Circuit Court on charges of stealing significant sums of money and valuable items.
Dapaah resigned a day after the story surfaced, and her residence was subsequently searched by officials from the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
Source – citinewsroom.com
