CID Reportedly Invites Former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Dapaah for Questioning
- Cecilia Dapaah, the former Minister for Sanitation, has been invited for questioning by the Ghana Police Service's CID
- This, according to media reports, followed ongoing investigations into allegations of corruption
- The probe is part of the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) campaign, initiated by President John Mahama to tackle corruption
The former Minister for Sanitation in the erstwhile Akufo-Addo administration, Cecilia Dapaah, has reportedly been invited for questioning by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.
According to a social media post by GHOne Television, the former Minister of State was asked to appear before the CID to assist in ongoing investigations into allegations of corruption.
Source: UGC
The investigation, according to the media report, is part of the President John Mahama-led administration's Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) campaign, which aims to investigate and prosecute appointees of the previous government suspected of engaging in acts of corruption while in office.
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Corruption allegations against Cecilia Dapaah
Cecilia Dapaah's legal battles with the state began in 2023 after she allegedly lost $1 million, €300,000, and an undisclosed amount of Ghana cedis.
These large sums of money were said to have been stolen by her house helps, 18-year-old Patience Botwe and 30-year-old Sarah Agyei, with the scandal eventually leading to her resignation.
Police investigators reportedly tracked $5 million and GH¢48 million moving through Dapaah’s Prudential Bank accounts.
It was also reported that the Special Prosecutor found $590,000 and GH¢2.7 million in cash while searching Dapaah's Abelemkpe residence.
Subsequently, the Office of the Special Prosecutor, led by Kissi Agyebeng, seized her money and froze accounts estimated to total about GH¢2.83 million as part of the investigation into corruption and corruption-related activities.
The FBI also joined the fray and began investigations into the embattled former sanitation minister.
Following these investigations, a High Court later ordered the return of the seized assets of the former minister.
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Cecilia Dapaah appears in Court
On March 11, 2025, Cecilia Dapaah made her first appearance in court to testify. She noted that the accused persons stole valuable items she had accumulated over three decades.
Giving a breakdown of the items stolen, she said her house helps took $761,000, the equivalent of GH¢11 million, from her storage room.
While in the witness box, Mrs Dapaah detailed how her jewellery, valued at $53,000, was stolen by the accused individuals.
She told the Accra High Court that the accused individuals made off with a staggering $410,000, €300,000, and GH¢350,000 (equivalent to approximately $30,000) from her storage room.
These sums were allegedly stolen over an unspecified period, she explained
Reactions to CID's invitation to Cecilia Dapaah
Ghanaians on social media have reacted to the news of the CID's invitation to Cecilia Dapaah.
YEN.com.gh compiled a few of the reactions below:
@Sarah Agyaakoaah said:
"For 9 months dabiaaa invite Enso y3n hu hweee all those u have invited how far anyway."
@Ansah Kofi also said
"Diverting attention from Bole Indi Ami nkwasiasem he talk yesterday …. That King Ahab onyɛ serious baako sei mpo."
@Kweku Prah commented:
"FBI mpo couldn’t find anything biaa UMOFIA so call ORAL."
OSP gives update on Cecilia Dapaah's scandal
Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh reported earlier that the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) provided a new update on the Cecilia Dapaah corruption scandal.
The special prosecutor's office stated in its half-year report that there had been extensive investigations into the matter, starting in 2023.
Proofreading by Samuel Gitonga, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.
Source: YEN.com.gh
