The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has served notice that his outfit will take over the prosecution of the case involving monies allegedly stolen from the residence of the former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Dapaah.
This was relayed to the court by the Prosecutor, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Emmanuel Nyamekye, after the police last week forwarded the docket to the Attorney-General (A-G) for advice.
The A-G’s office revealed that the advice will capture the culpability of the accused and whether the victim in the case, Mrs Dapaah, ought to be probed following concerns over the source of her money.
In a related development, two more suspects had been arrested in the ongoing investigations into the case of stolen money from the residence of Mrs Dapaah.
DSP Nyamekye during yesterday’s proceedings at the Circuit Court, said initially five individuals, including two house helps of the former minister, were apprehended for their allegedly stealing $1 million, 300,000 euros and valuable personal effects amounting to thousands of Ghana Cedis.
The accused were not present in court, but the prosecutor stated that investigators were in Tamale, conducting inquiries into the case.
With the arrest of two more suspects, the number of accused in the case has risen to seven.
Among them is Sarah Agyei, second accused, who was last week granted bail, but was yet to fulfill the bail conditions.
The other six, including the newly arrested individuals, have been remanded in police custody.
The case has been adjourned to August 8, 2023, for further investigations as well as measures to address the bail conditions of Sarah Agyei.
Counsel for the second accused, Augustine Gyamfi, however, expressed frustration over the alleged attempts by the police to hinder efforts to meet bail conditions for his client.
Meanwhile, police prosecutors failed to present the two accused in the case of the alleged theft of $1 million belonging to the former minister.
They indicated that the policeman, who was supposed to present the two accused in court had traveled, and indicated that the A-G has now fully taken over the case and will assume the prosecution of the case.
BY LAWRENCE VOMAFA-AKPALU