The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have jointly launched simultaneous investigations into the activities of former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, and her associates.

In a statement posted by the OSP on Twitter, it revealed that the investigations primarily focus on scrutinizing their assets and financial transactions within the United States of America.

It added that the collaborative effort aims to determine the legality of the wealth held by Ms. Dapaah and her associates, both concerning the movement of funds from Ghana to the United States and vice versa.

“These investigations primarily focus on examining their assets and financial transactions within the United States of America,” the OSP added.

Ms. Dapaah came under public scrutiny in July when it was revealed that two of her domestic workers were facing charges of alleged theft, involving significant sums of money and valuable items.

As a result, she resigned from her position on July 22, 2023, following public pressure.

Meanwhile, the former Sanitation Minister has taken legal action by filing an interlocutory injunction application against the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) in an attempt to halt the investigation and prosecution of her and her husband, Daniel Osei Kufuor, on charges of suspected corruption and corruption-related offenses.

he is also seeking to unfreeze her bank accounts and challenge the reseizure of monies found at her residence in Abelemkpe, which were refrozen.

Her legal team is requesting a court order that prohibits the OSP from continuing the investigation into her and her husband for corruption-related offenses.

“A Declaration that the Respondent’s re-seizure of the money (initially seized from the Applicant’s home on 24/07/23) and re-freezing of Applicant’s bank accounts respectively on 5th September 2023 is unfair, unreasonable, capricious, arbitrary, and ultra vires the Respondent’s statutory powers under Act 959 relative to the constitutional provisions of Articles 23 and 296 of the Constitution, 1992.”

Court documents filed by the OSP have indicated that Ms. Dapaah used aliases to obscure transactions linked to undeclared real estate business and other activities, which led to the reseizure and refreezing of her bank account.

However, Ms. Dapaah has refuted these claims, characterizing them as misleading.