Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam George, has made allegations against the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), claiming that they are orchestrating an amendment to the charge sheet in the case involving the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Dapaah.

The minister reported that over a million dollars and 300,000 Euros, as well as millions of cedis were stolen from her residence at Akpelempke.

According to Sam George, an unidentified NPP MP hinted at the party's intention to engage in a public relations strategy by altering the charge sheet to lower the amounts mentioned in the case.

Speaking on on Newsfile on Joy FM on Saturday, July 22, the legislator said, “yesterday [Friday], in parliament, after this matter broke, a senior member of government and a senior MVP person made it clear to us that they were going to engage in a PR spin and get the charge sheet amended.

“And the attempt to amend it is because of the gravity of the theft; to try and drop down the numbers. So Ghanaians should watch out for that. I mean, you will soon see a new charge sheet that has dropped a number of zeros out of the figures in question,” he said.

According to the prosecution in the case, the thefts occurred between July and October 2022.

The Chronicle newspaper reports that two house helps – Patience Botwe, 18, and Sarah Agyei, 30 – are currently facing one count of conspiracy to commit a crime and five counts of stealing, involving amounts of US$1 million, €300,000, and millions of Ghana Cedis.

Madam Dapaah and her husband reported the theft to the police in June this year, after Mr Daniel Osei Kuffour [husband], caught one of the accused [Patience Botwe] red-handed in their room with a duplicate key, leading to her arrest.

But hours after the news broke out, the Minister issued a statement explaining that the amounts of money purported to have been stolen by the media were inconsistent with the original complaint she filed.

According to Sam Nartey George, he finds it bizarre that Madam Dapaah is now claiming there have been inconsistencies in the charge sheet only after the news came to light.