Cecilia Dapaah Scandal: Special Prosecutor Conducts Inspection Of Former Minister's Home

• Officers from the Special Prosecutor's Office have conducted a search of former sanitation minister Cecilia Dapaah's home
• Dapaah was questioned by Special Prosecutor's Office after reports that massive amounts of money had been stolen from her home
• The former minister lost $1 million, €300,000 and money in local currency sparking questions about unexplained wealth

Personnel from the Special Prosecutor’s office have stormed the residence of former sanitation minister Cecilia Dapaah for an inspection.

According to a report by Joy News, the move on Monday is part of the investigation into how the minister came to acquire the large sums of money reportedly stolen from the residence by her house helps.

Dapaah and her husband accompanied the personnel from the special prosecutor's office to their home at Agbelemke after she was questioned.

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The monies listed as having been stolen are $1 million, €300,000 and an undisclosed amount of money in cedi currency.

According to reports, the minister detected the theft in June when the current house help was caught after entering the minister’s room with a duplicate key.

Resignation after controversy

Dapaah resigned a day after the story broke about the money she had lost from her home.

Dapaah explained in her resignation that she didn't want to be a distraction to the Akufo-Addo administration.

She also said reports about the money stolen from her were inaccurate, but has not provided evidence to support her claims.

Prosecution of thieves

In all, five persons are standing trial at a circuit court in Accra following the theft of the monies from the minister.

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The two main suspects are her current and former house help; 18-year-old Patience Botwe and 30-year-old Sarah Agyei, respectively.

In addition to the two main suspects, Benjamin, a 29-year-old plumber, Kweku Botwe, aged 65 years and Malik Dauda, aged 23, were also arraigned in connection with the thefts.

Backlash against minister

YEN.com.gh reported that the minister has faced backlash online from Ghanaians, as well as allegations of corruption.

Former President John Mahama described the situation as scandalous because of the amount of money that went missing from the minister's home.

Source: YEN.com.gh