OSP re-freezes funds from Cecilia Dapaah’s house and bank accounts

Cecilia Dapaah’s bank accounts and money from her home have both been re-frozen by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).

The frozen bank accounts and investments of Cecilia Abena Dapaah have been unfrozen by the OSP in accordance with the judgment and decree of the High Court in Accra of August 31, 2023.

Additionally, Ms. Dapaah’s cash was returned to her by the OSP with her permission and in her presence.

The proceedings for the seizure of Ms. Dapaah’s cash funds, which began on July 24, 2023, and the freezing of her bank accounts and investments, which began on July 26, 2023, come to an end with the OSP’s satisfaction of the High Court’s ruling.

Subsequent to the indicated ruling and order of the High Court and the compliance by the OSP with said ruling and order, the ongoing investigation by the OSP of Ms. Dapaah has uncovered varying and sometimes conflicting accounts of the ownership and source(s) of the large amounts of money reportedly stolen from her residence, the cash amounts seized from her by the OSP, and the nature and volume of transactions in her bank accounts and investments.

Consequently, subsequent to the indicated ruling and order of the High Court and the compliance by the OSP with said ruling and order, the Special Prosecutor considers that freezing the bank accounts and investments of Ms. Dapaah is necessary to facilitate the ongoing investigation.

Therefore, the Special Prosecutor has invoked his statutory power under section 38(1) of Act 959 and regulation 19(1) of LI. 2374 by directing the freezing of the bank accounts and investments of Ms. Dapaah effective 5 September 2023.

A press statement dated September 5, 2023, issued by the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng said: “Further, subsequent to the indicated ruling and order of the High Court and the compliance by the OSP with said ruling and order, the Special Prosecutor considers that he has reasonable grounds to suspect that the cash amounts seized from and returned to Ms. Dapaah is tainted property and it is necessary to exercise the power of seizure to prevent the concealment or loss of said cash amounts. Therefore, the Special Prosecutor has again invoked his statutory power under section 32(1)(a) of Act 959 by directing the seizure from Ms. Dapaah of the cash amounts previously seized from her. Authorized officers of the OSP have seized said cash amounts from Ms. Dapaah.