Cecilia Dapaah Still Receives Money From Her Late Brother's Account

 

Cecilia Dapaah, Former Minister Of Water and Sanitation

Newly filed court documents by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) indicate that a bank account belonging to the deceased brother of Cecilia Dapaah has been actively transferring money to the former Sanitation Minister.

These documents are part of the ongoing efforts by the OSP to confirm the seizure of suspected ill-gotten properties owned by Madam Dapaah.

Not long ago, the OSP seized a significant amount of cash from the former Minister and ordered the freezing of multiple bank accounts with transactions totaling over ¢40 million.

However, an Accra High Court refused to confirm the seizures and directed the OSP to return the seized amounts to Cecilia Dapaah.

Though the Special Prosecutor complied with the court's directive, they have returned to court seeking to obtain confirmation for the seizure.

Exclusive copies of the documents secured by JoyNews and submitted to the court by the Office of the Special Prosecutor reveal that the former Minister allegedly possesses millions of cedis that she was unable to prove the source of.

The filing also includes fresh allegations concerning an account belonging to the deceased brother of Cecilia Dapaah. It claims that there are ongoing transfers from the deceased person's account to Cecilia Dapaah's accounts.

"Analysis of the statements in the first respondent's (Cecilia Dapaah) bank account revealed highly suspicious transactions involving the name of the first respondent's deceased brother – Nana Akwasi Essan. The said Nana Akwasi Essan died in January 2022 and there is no record of probate or letters of administration granted to personal representatives at the financial institutions."

The filing alleges that there are active transfers from the deceased person's account to that of Cecilia Dapaah, with amounts such as ¢10,450 and ¢11,280 being transferred to the former Minister's account as recently as September 19, 2022, and May 23.

The High Court is scheduled to hear the case on October 18, 2023, as the Special Prosecutor makes another attempt to have the seized amount of money and the freezing of the bank accounts confirmed.