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The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have initiated concurrent inquiries into the activities of Cecilia Abena Dapaah, the former Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, and her associates.

The Special Prosecutor said "these investigations primarily focus on examining their assets and financial transactions within the United States of America."

"This collaborative effort is to ascertain the lawfulness of Ms. Dapaah and her associates' wealth, both in the context of their funds transitioning from Ghana to the United States and vice versa," The Office of the Special Prosecutor posted on its X (Twitter) page Wednesday morning.

Injunction application against OSP

Embattled former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Abena Dapaah has filed an injunction application against the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) for prosecuting her until its freeze of her accounts and cash seizure case is determined.

Per the court documents filed today, Tuesday, October 10, the lawyers say if the OSP is not retrained, the accused will suffer irreparable damage.

They have asked the court to balance her rights against the state’s power to fight corruption. 

The former minister has also refuted allegations by the Office of the Special Prosecutor that she has an undeclared real estate business.

According to her, the OSP has not provided any evidence of that claim.

The court document filed by the Office of the Special Prosecutor said Cecilia Abena Dapaah "was engaged in undisclosed and undeclared real estate business in which she obscured and concealed the transactions by employing the use of aliases to avoid detection of the actual ownership of the business and properties, while cleverly receiving proceeds of the transactions in her bank account and investments."

This is part of OSP's attempt to confirm the seizure of suspected tainted properties belonging to Madam Cecilia Dapaah.