The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) of the United States of America (USA) has initiated inquiries into activities of former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources Cecilia Abena Dapaah.
The investigations, according to a note from the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), will primarily focus on examining assets and financial transactions within the US.
In the note released by the OSP on Wednesday, October 11, this is “to ascertain the lawfulness of Ms. Dapaah and her associates’ wealth, both in the context of their funds transitioning from Ghana to the United States and vice versa”.
This is said to be a collaborative effort between the FBI and OSP.
It comes barely a day after lawyers of the former Sanitation Minister filed an affidavit at the Human Rights Division of the High Court, seeking an interlocutory injunction on investigations being conducted by Ghana’s OSP.
The former Bantama MP had described as “unfair, unreasonable, capricious, arbitrary and ultra vires” the re-seizure of her monies and re-freezing of her accounts and property.
“I am advised by Counsel and verily believe same to be true that to prevent further violation of my constitutionally guaranteed rights and rendering my application for judicial review otiose, it is imperative that the Respondent is restrained from continuing his investigation pending the determination of my said application,” her affidavit to OSP’s suit prayed.
