The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has been ordered by an Accra High Court to return Cecilia Dapaah’s seized money to her within seven days.
When the OSP confiscated her assets, the former Sanitation Minister became embroiled in a judicial battle. The court, however, overruled this move, ordering the OSP to refund the confiscated monies to her.
Following the discovery that Madam Dapaah was storing more than $1 million in her home, the OSP is investigating her for corruption and corruption-related crimes.
Following a search of Madam Dapaah’s house, the OSP filed a request to confirm the seized money and blocked bank accounts that the agency collected from her residence.
Madam Dapaah became the talk of the town in July 2023, when the Chronicle Newspaper reported that her domestic workers had been dragged to court for allegedly stealing $1 million, $300,000 euros, several millions of cedis, and personal effects valued in thousands of Ghana Cedis and dollars from the former minister and her husband.
Following a widespread outcry, Cecilia Dapaah resigned from her post. She was detained by the OSP and eventually released on bail.
On Monday, July 24, 2023, officials from the Office of the Special Prosecutor searched the former Minister of Sanitation’s residence.
