Presiding judge in the case of huge sums of stolen monies from the residence of the former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Dapaah, is demanding the presence of the two main suspects and the others before the court.

On Tuesday, August 2, 2023, during the court session, Mrs Appiah, the presiding judge, issued this order when the case was called, but the two domestic workers and other suspects arrested in connection with it failed to appear.

According to a report by The Chronicle, the police prosecution, led by DSP Emmanuel Nyamekye, stated that the accused persons could not appear in court because the investigators responsible for bringing them had been assigned to conduct additional investigations in Tamale, the Northern Regional capital.

He also explained that the prosecution had so far made significant progress in the case, having also made two more arrests.

The prosecution was however tight-lipped on further details on who the two new suspects are.

He, however, said that there would be seven people standing trial in the case when it resumes sitting.

The judge, Mrs Appiah, ordered that the prosecution ensures that all the suspects appear during its next sitting on Tuesday, August 8, 2023.

The judge also declined bail applications filed by counsel for one of the former domestic workers, Patience Botwe, and her father, Kweku Botwe.

The report also added that Benjamin Sowah and Malik Dauda, all alleged lovers of Patience, were yet to have legal representation.