Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has expressed confidence in Parliament to probe the Economic and Organised Crime Office’s (EOCO) actions in handling the alleged money laundering case involving the former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Dapaah.
Mr Kpebu and some prominent Ghanaians, including former Auditor-General Daniel Yao Domelevo, have filed a petition to Parliament seeking a bipartisan probe into the conduct of EOCO in the investigation regarding the stash of money found in the residence of Madam Cecelia Dapaah.
According to the petitioners, EOCO had more than enough basis to investigate the former Minister for money laundering, as she has been inconsistent and unable to provide the source over the huge amount of money seized at her residence by the Special Prosecutor.
Following an advice from the office of the Attorney-General, the Executive Director of EOCO, COP Maame Tiwa Addo-Danquah, stated in a statement on May 7 that the docket on Madam Dapaah was returned to the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) on May 3, 2024, indicating that there was nothing to investigate after a careful assessment of the docket.
Mr Kpebu, speaking on The Key Points on Saturday, May 18, accused Madam Tiwaa Addo-Danquah of covering up corrupt officials.
He maintained that Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng must be celebrated for blowing the whistle on an alleged money laundering case against the former minister for EOCO to investigate.
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“For Kissi [Agyebeng] to have done this and then EOCO looks at it and says that I can’t make a head or tail of this when the evidence is there in plain sight, what is the income of Madam Dapaah to match this colossal sum of in her house? Then you are running around trying to throw dust into our eyes and that is why we want EOCO to be held.
“We will never forget that Madam Tiwaa has such a bad profile of protecting President Akufo-Addo and his appointees. That is how come there is only one conclusion that this one too she tossed the case just to protect President Akufo-Addo.”
“So we want Parliament to set up a bipartisan committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding how EOCO reneged on its statutory duties to investigate the money laundering allegations.”
Meanwhile, the petition, which was received by the secretary to Speaker Bagbin on Thursday, May 16, stated, among other concerns, that “the failure to explain the source of the money should have been the cornerstone of the investigation,” by EOCO.
It also raised concerns about what the group described as the deliberate refusal by EOCO to take steps to protect the money that had been seized from the residence of the former minister by the OSP.
Read more: Cecilia Dapaah saga: OSP-EOCO public disagreements worrying – Ghana Integrity Initiative
“Upon receipt of the docket, EOCO did not act timeously to seize the money that the OSP was returning to Madam Cecelia Dapaa as public stated by the OSP”.
The petition also said EOCO has been inconsistent with their public commentary and actions in the investigation.
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