Mensah Thompson, Bernard Mornah, others petition CRHAJ to probe Cecilia Dapaah matter

Five persons including Mensah Thompson and Bernard Morna have filed a petition at the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate the case involving former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources Cecilia Abena Dapaah.

The petitioners are asking CHRAJ to scrutinise Ms Dapaah’s assets, which include $1,390,000; €300,000, GH?3,212,007; and bank accounts in both cedis and dollars.

Portions of their petition read “More importantly, we are fortified in the need for this investigation because during interrogation by the Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP) as to the source of her income, Madam Cecilia Dapaah could not give any proper explanation except for saying the following:

a. she stated that an amount of Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$ 800,000.00) out of the cash sums reportedly stolen from her residence belonged to her deceased brother. That on 24th July, 2023, in Madam Dapaah’s investigation statement to the OSP in the course of interview,

b. That in a further statement made to the OSP on 28th July, 2023, by Madam Dapaah, she claimed her deceased brother who is the owner of the US$800,000.00 owned businesses. However OSP investigations revealed that the said businesses of her brother collapsed about fifteen (15) years ago. Therefore no businesses of her brother existed to had generated such an amount.

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c. She also claimed she owns part of the sum of Two Million Eight Hundred and Sixty-Two Thousand Cedis and Seven Ghana Cedis (2,862,007.00) retrieved from her resisdence as some of the money she received as a sitting allowances and revenues from her cosmetic business which she registered under the name Dermacare Cosmetics. However, OSP’s investigation revealed that Madam Dapaah is not the registered legal owner of the business but rather one Marian Awuah.

Further, from the revelations so far, it is clear to us that these properties are beyond the income of Madam Cecilia Dapaah. Therefore we wish to petition your office for investigation in to the acquisition of her assets in light of her income etc.”

 

 

 

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