We didn’t exonerate Cecilia Dapaah – OSP debunks AG’s claim

After several months of probing, the OSP concluded its inquiry, citing the predominant involvement of money laundering, and subsequently transferred the case to EOCO.

However, the Attorney General's office advised EOCO against further investigation, citing insufficient documentation to support a money laundering prosecution and ongoing police inquiries into the funding sources of Dapaah.

"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's office advised.

Dapaah of corruption-related charges, stating that the investigation primarily uncovered instances of money laundering.

The OSP's Director for Strategy, Research, and Communications, Samuel Appiah Darko, elaborated on their decision to refer the case to EOCO rather than pursue a money laundering probe independently.

Also, we were not conducting a money laundering investigation; we were conducting a corruption investigation.

We are of the opinion that we had all it took to send that referral to EOCO because there was no way we could have proceeded and then investigated and written a report on money laundering and sent it to EOCO for onward transfer to the Attorney General.