A bank account belonging to Cecilia Dapaah’s deceased brother has been actively transferring money to the former sanitation minister, according to the most recent court documents submitted by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
The Office has been trying to corroborate the confiscation of Madam Dapaah’s allegedly tainted properties for a while now, and this is their most recent effort.
Recent events included the OSP seizing millions of dollars in cash from the former Minister and ordering the suspension of some bank accounts with over 40 million transactions.
The OSP was instructed to return the money to Cecilia Dapaah by the Accra High Court after it refused to confirm the seizures and freezing order.
The Special Prosecutor complied but is now back in court to request confirmation of the seizure.
The former Minister is said to have millions of cedis, according to documents filed in court by the Office of the Special Prosecutor, however, the OSP claims it was unable to establish the source of the money.
The filing also includes fresh allegations that an account belonging to the dead brother of the former Minister was still sending money 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 domiciled at the financial institutions of probate or letters of administration granted to personal representatives).
“Strangely, there are active transfers from the deceased person’s bank account to that of the first respondent’s account”, the filing alleges.
The OSP continue to allege that “as recently as September 19, 2022, and May 23, amounts of ¢10,450 and ¢11,280 respectively were transferred, supposedly by the deceased brother to the first respondent (Cecilia Dapaah).”
The High Court will 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.
