OSP cleared Cecilia Dapaah of corruption offence not me – AG

The Attorney General’s advice stated that the request from the OSP to EOCO for Cecilia Dapaah to be investigated for money laundering was without basis.

But the advice has since been criticized by anti-corruption agencies and civil society organizations with some accusing the Attorney General of seeking to clear Cecilia Dapaah with the letter.

In response, however, Godfred Yeboah Dame noted that if any institution cleared Cecilia Dapaah, then it was the office of the Special Prosecutor.

In an interview on Joy News, Godfred Yeboah Dame stated that ‘the record must reflect the point that the OSP seized with the mandate to investigate corruption and corruption related offences, cleared Madam Cecilia Dapaah of corruption…’

While justifying reasons for his advice to the Economic and Organised Crime Office not to probe Cecilia Dapaah for money laundering, Godfred Yeboah Dame stated that the OSP’s referral to the former sanitation minister was restricted in scope.

For him, a careful review of the referral letter suggests that the request bordered on funds alleged to have been transported by Cecilia Dapaah from the United States to Ghana.

He claims the referral did not include monies retrieved from the house of Cecilia Dapaah by officials from the OSP, nor monies in her bank accounts that were previously frozen or those allegedly stolen by her house helps.