Injunction application has been filed against a petition to Parliament to probe Cecilia Dapaah case

An injunction application against a petition to the Speaker of Parliament to probe the case of the former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources Cecilia Abena Dapaah has been filed at the Accra High Court.

The applicant, Derick Adu-Gyamfi is seeking amongst others a true and proper interpretation of the law to establish whether or not Parliament has the power to cause a probe into the Cecilia Dapaah case.

Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu, Security Expert Dr Adam Bonaa and some Ghanaians petitioned Parliament to look into the case of large sums of money found in the home of Cecilia Dapaah.

They asked Parliament to set up a bi-partisan committee to investigate how the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) failed to do its work relative to this matter.

To Kpebu, there is more to be investigated in relation to this matter involving Cecilia Dapaah.

“We want parliament to set up a bipartisan committee to investigate how EOCO reneged on its duty to investigate Cecilia Dapaah.

“When we see money of this quantum in the home it points to money laundering, so go into the sources of the income,” he said on the Key Points on TV3 Saturday May 18.

Some prominent Ghanaians including former Auditor-General Daniel Yaw Domelevo have filed a petition to Parliament seeking a bipartisan probe into the conduct of EOCO in the investigation regarding the stash of money found in the residence of Madam Cecelia Dapaah.

According to the group, which also has, outspoken anti-graft campaigner Martin Kpebu, Security analyst Dr Adam Bonaa, Professor Ransford Gyampo and over 100 other Ghanaians spanning different walks of line, argue in their petition that EOCO had more than enough basis to investigate the former Minister for money laundering as she has been inconsistent and unable to provide the source over the huge amount of money seized at her residence by the Special Prosecutor.

“The failure to explain the source of the money should have been the corner stone of the investigation,” the petition, which was submitted to Parliament on Thursday May 16, 2024, noted among others.

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“Upon receipt of the docket, EOCO did not act timeously to seize the money that the OSP was returning to Madam Cecelia Dapaah as public stated by the OSP”.

The petition also said EOCO has been inconsistent with their public commentary and actions in the investigation.

The development comes in the wake of the standoff between state anti-corruption agencies investigating the former Minister over the stash of money.

The OSP is on record to have stated EOCO lacks the appetite to probe the matter despite the detailed information it shared with them.