Godfred Yeboah Dame, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice has described as "cheap politics" the decision by former President John Dramani Mahama to reopen the Cecelia Dapaah’s case when he is voted as President in the upcoming December 2024 elections.
Taking to his official X page, the leader and flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), wrote, "my government will reopen investigations into alleged acts of corruption and graft in the Cecelia Dapaah case.’’
This statement made by the former President, according to the A-G and minister of Justice, stems out of desperation for power, accusing the former President of seizing every opportunity in the public discourse to score political points.
Godfred Dame in an interview with Accra based Joy FM on May 2, said, “He is only playing cheap politics. He hears something, then he says I will fix it.”
The Attorney General further indicated that since investigations are still ongoing by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, the former president will be engaging in a needless exercise should he (Mahama) decide to reopen the case.
A-G To EOCO
Former President John Mahama’s statement comes on the heels of the Attorney-General’s recent advice to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to suspend investigations into the alleged money laundering case leveled against the former Sanitation minister by the Special Prosecutor.
The Attorney General’s letter to EOCO was as a result of EOCO’s decision to seek futrjher advice on the said matter for which the Attorney general in a letter dated April 25, 2024, and copied to EOCO, said it found out that the OSP did not submit the report on its collaborative investigation to EOCO.
In addition to the above, the Attorney General’s office said it also realized that the OSP had not responded to EOCO’s request for its findings.
According to the A-G's office, the docket presented to EOCO only contains the OSP’s letter transmitting the docket, the diary of action, statements taken during the investigation, and letters written by the OSP to other institutions like the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and banks for inquiries.
OSP: No Evidence Of Corruption Found?
Further analysis of the docket by the Attorney-General’s office revealed that the OSP did not find any evidence of corruption or corruption-related offenses against Cecilia Dapaah.
The Attorney-General’s office emphasised that the key to pursuing money laundering investigations is the capacity to prove that financial gains were obtained from criminal proceeds arising from unlawful activity.
“In the absence of the identification of any criminality associated with the properties retrieved from the suspects, the OSP’s referral to EOCO for investigations to be conducted into money laundering is without basis.”
The Attorney-General also advised against EOCO investigating the source of Cecilia Dapaah’s funds on the basis that the CID had been tasked with taking charge of that aspect of the case.
Source: Kobina Darlington/peacefmonline.com
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Those of us whose children are in those so-called Category A schools know the truth is very different from the glossy picture being painted of Free SHS. I have a son in Presec-Legon and a daughter in WeyGeyHey Until Ghanaians learn how to depoliticize education these corrupt politicians will always play political football with the future of our children. I don't know what else makes me more sad than the current state of our schools which once trained some of the finest brains who illuminated the world. There's nothing to write home about Free SHS. it's a sham!
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@Kwaku Aidoo, stop the Jandam and make an academic contribution to the topic, what has free SHS got to do with Cecilia Dapaah's stacked money, in her house, where there are banks? the source of the money is questionable. Kweku look Ghana can only move forward when we face facts, not political party and our stomach. Have a nice day in your village
@Nana Abeka & Debrah, if Nana Addo giving us free boarding secondary education with very improved academic performance has taken us back to 1000 years then I know how people like you want president Mahama to come back to the Jubilee house. People from typical villages who could only dream of getting admission to Presec, Prempeh, Motown, Wey Gey Hey, Kwabotwe etc are now in these prestigious schools with the so-called Dada mma. This is what this president has given to the people of Ghana and he will be celebrated when he is not here anymore.
@Bab & Arko I wonder whether bothe of you live on this part of the planet called Ghana. I want to believe that both of you are beneficiaries of the loot by this NPP administration. Everything that NPP accused Mahama's NDC of, they have done the worst. Arko is talking about having benefitted from FSHS. Probably your ward(s) have not informed the situation in.the various SHS campuses; extremely poor quality of food, poor academic environment, quality of teaching is poor; etc. Arko, you are only looking at the quantitative aspect of the FSHS. Do you how much extra parents had to spend on their children to survive in school? When my daughter enrolled in SHS, i soent an initial amount of GHc 4,500, and this amount almost tallies with and average of GHc 5,000 spent by parents on their children every semester (Ref. African Education Watch). Did you hear about "L-cubed" practice where children were fed with liquid food for breakfast, lunch and dinner in almost every school? In my child's school in Cape Coast, sometimes they were fed with just milo drink for dinner, no egg, no milk, no bread. Can any of you take this for dinner amd be able to function properly at prep? can only describe both of you are exhibiting the highest level of hypocrisy and dishonesty. The failures of this NPP administration are uncountable. 1. Just today fuel price has increased again. Infact fuel.price now is about 4X what you corrupt NPP inherited. 2. Forex rates, especially the US$ to the cedi about 4X worse than in January 2017 when your incompetent NPP administration assumed power. 3. Ghana's public debt which stood around GHc 120 billion for a 60 year old period (March 1957- January 2017) has bow jumped to around GHc 650 billion in just 7 years under your extremely corrupt and deceitful NPP. 4. 1D1F was a sham 5. 1 Village - 1 Dam is a total failure, only a few dry dugouts can be seen. 6. 1 Constituency- US$ 1 million was also a sham. 7. GHc 25 billion used to do financial sector clean up when it would have cost Ghana just GHc 9 billion to put things right. 8. Have your read tye Agyapade3 document of the NPP administration? This is state capture. 9. Agyapa Royalties was a typical daylight robbery. 10. If you lost money by means of the pickpocketing (DDEP) your NPP administration engaged in, you will not be talking like this. 11. How many hospital has you NPP built? 12. How much energy have you administration added to what ot inherited from Mahama after he completely solved the dumsor his government inherited? You people keep trumpeting that Mahama created dumsor and you NPP came to solve it. This is one of they blatant lies you have been feeding your followers with, and people like both of you who are supposed to know better are also buying into it. You are teaching your children to also accept and embrace the NPP lies. They will use tye lies against you in the future. This AG is the most arrogant and partisan AG I have seen in my 55 years on earth. He always displays his "machoism" in court whenever NDC is involved with legal issues. He does not qualify even 1% for the position he is occupying. Again for your information, NPP ro came power on 2016 through propagating lies and deceit. They managed to paint the NDC black to the electorates to be able to secure that 1 million winning margin. But the NPP administration lost its popularity and credibility in 2020 when it's winning margin of 1 million votes in 2016 was halved to about 500,000 votes, coupled with the loss of 32 parliamentary seats. Even this 500,000 was achieved after the election results had been announced 5 times. Therefore no objective-minded, discerning and well meaning Ghanaians will vote to retain NPP in power to be headed by the comedian Bawumia, who has suddenly and shamefully run away from economics to digitalisation. The so-called the battle is the Lords was meant to steal from Ghanaians. God will not allow the 2016 mistake to be repeated in 2024 because the silent but suffering Ghanaians will speak with their thumb on December 7, 2024.
in any serious Ghana Cecilia Dapaah at least should have told Ghana where she got the money from and why she did not send to the bank. Nana Addo already cleared her before investigation so iam not surprise the outcome, because all institutions under addo worship nana addo
@Truth, it doesn't matter how long your brain had been inactivated, at least, after reading the comments of Koo and Kane, you should have had sense activation. Wake up from the slavery and oppression of wicked politicians in NPP and NDC.
After all these allegations of corrupt practices levelled against JDM including Airbus scandal, aircraft hanger and the Ford explorer he feels bold of prosecuting people suspected with corruption. Oh this desperate man is too greedy!
In indeed , because of cheap politics, Godfred Dame can have the effrontery to speak to Ex-President Mahama as if they were class mates! We have lost it as a country! We have allowed politicians to erode our values and in their place is avarice and unbridled arrogance, quest for quick money and fame, self-centeredness without any regard for the common good! In those days when you saw an elder you , you saw someone who could guide you to the right thing and the truth and the discipline of a child was a societal responsibility. These days parents are willing to cut corners so their children can get ahead of everyone else and therefore we have lost the moral right to instill the discipline the country badly needs at this moment! Chiefs have become corrupt and dishonest and some have even become puppets of corrupt politicians! Why have we slept for so long as a country? We know longer value human life! Are there not people of conscience anymore in this country? Are there no more men and women of integrity in this country anymore? We need to take back our country from these greedy and corrupt politicians and out her on the path of prosperity and progress for all! Enough is enough!
How can you Debra speak for all Ghanaians by saying the "biggest mistake Ghanaians made" was to elect Nana Addo and NPP? Listen Debra, you don't speak for me but speak for yourself only. I wish Nana Addo is eligible to stand for election in 2024 and will vote for him again. My children enjoy Free SHS, and look at education, hospital and road infrastructure, he has done in Ghana. At least he does not own properties in Dubai and does lower himself as President by accepting Ford car as a bribe. Visionless JDM.