On Tuesday, suspects in the theft case at Cecilia Dapaah's residence are expected back in court.

This will be their second appearance since police prosecutors amended the charge sheet on the advice of the Attorney General.

So far, eight people have been charged with stealing and conspiracy to steal for allegedly stealing over $1 million and 300,000 Euros from the former sanitation minister's home.

One of the eight is reportedly on the run, while seven of the eight were brought before a judge on August 8.

Due to their status as nursing mothers, two of the seven people who were charged with a crime were granted bail, while the other five were placed on remand.

Two house helps of the former minister and her husband, Daniel Osei Kuffour, are before an Accra Circuit Court, for allegedly stealing monies and items running into millions of Ghana Cedis and allegedly sharing the booty with other people.

Madam Dapaah resigned on July 22 after a public uproar.

Officials from the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) on July 24, 2023, placed the former minister under arrest and searched her home.

The OSP had disclosed that its officers found a substantial sum of US$590,000 and GHC2.730,000 in cash during the search.

Her seven bank accounts also have been frozen by the OSP.

Background

It emerged on Friday, July 21 that two house helps of the Minister were facing charges before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly stealing an amount of $1 million, €300,000, and millions of Ghanaian cedis at the former minister’s residence at Abelenkpe, Accra, in October 2022.

The two, 18-year-old Patience Botwe and 30-year-old Sarah Agyei allegedly stole the monies and personal effects of the couple, between the months of July and October 2022.

Both have been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit a crime and five counts of stealing US$1 million, €300,000 and millions of Ghana cedis.

The 68-year-old former Minister disputes the figures given in the court document, but the revelations outraged many in Ghana.

Cecilia Dapaah's lawyers had contended that the OSP took action to freeze the former minister's account in response to the media outrage.