Cecilia Dapaah’s case: Special Prosecutor messed up – Lawyer

In a recent development concerning the case of Cecilia Dapaah, Constitutional Lawyer Kwame Adofo has pointed fingers at the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) for the setbacks encountered in dealing with the matter.

According to Adofo, this “fine case” risks being undermined and thrown out due to the outfit’s failure to conduct proper investigations and reports before coming out to tell Ghanaians that the said millions found in the office and home of Cecilia Dapaah is laundered money.

“The Special prosecutor was asked to submit his report on the investigation conducted that says her money is laundered, but he couldn’t provide that report because no investigation was conducted,” he told Nana Yaa Brefo and Isaac Ekow JB, Yen Nsempa, Onua FM.

Explaining this he said, “The law states that as a Special Prosecutor, if you investigate and see that the money is tainted money, he has 7 days to go to court and report the issue immediately for the needed actions to be taken but the OSP did not do this.

He waited for more than 14 days before even going to court, meaning the laws he is supposed to work with, he did not comply with it, he faulted it.”

Adding that “because he delayed, the Court told him he has faulted hence the OSP had no case and had to return the millions of money to Cecilia Dapaah, and he did not appeal to the Court either.”

The Lawyer further disclosed that after the OSP realised he had messed up the case, he used the pretense of “money laundering” to pass the case over to the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO).

“OSP knew he had messed up and to make an excuse to cover up his ineffectiveness, he handed the case to EOCO, because he knew he messed up.”

Adofo questioned EOCO’s capacity to investigate the matter effectively without access to the said money nor reports of any investigation conducted.

“Transferring the case to EOCO without a solid foundation only compounds the issue,” Adofo remarked.

“Without tangible leads or evidence, the prospects of a successful investigation are slim, without tangible evidence, the case remains mired in uncertainty,” he said.

By Lois Dogbe