THE former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Ms Cecilia Abena Dapaah, on Tuesday informed the Excessive Courtroom in Accra, Legal Division (Two) that her $95,000 stolen jewelry was bought over a interval of 35 years.
This was a part of her witness assertion earlier than the court docket within the ongoing felony prosecution towards seven individuals together with her former home assist.
Ms Dapaah informed the court docket that she and her husband additionally came upon that massive sums of cash had been stolen from their storeroom.
This included an quantity of $210,000 which belonged to her deceased brother, Nana Akwasi Essan II, alias Charles Dapaah.
As well as, she added that the $210,000 was a part of an quantity of $800,000 that my elder brother, Henry Oser Kwabena, delivered to me upon the directions of our mom for protected holding, after Nana Akwasi Essan II’s demise.
Ms Dapaah additionally informed the court docket that different monies stolen from our storeroom included ($200,000USD) belonging to Dorcas Wiredua, ” shopper and relative of her husband,” £300,000) belonging to her husband, GH¢300,000 being contributions that she and her siblings made in the direction of the then upcoming ultimate funeral ceremony of their late mother, Nana Ode Nyurko II, and GH¢50,000 being her private cash.
Botwe, 18, the primary accused, and Ms Agyei, 30, along with 5 others have been charged with conspiracy to commit crime and stealing. The others had been Benjamin Sowah, Malik Dauda, Christiana Achab, Job Pomary and Yahaya Sumaila.
All of them pleaded not responsible and nonetheless in jail custody.
In response to the amended cost sheet and temporary details offered in court docket, Ms Botwe, often known as Maabena, was a home assist of the complainants, Daniel Osei Kuffour, and his spouse, Cecilia Abena Dapaah.
The court docket heard that Ms Agyei was additionally a former home assist of the complainants. The complainants reported the case to the police in June final yr, after detecting the theft of money and their private results.
Ms Botwe was caught getting into the couple’s room with a reproduction key. Upon getting into the room, Mr Kuffour discovered Ms Botwe hiding behind the door.
After the incident, the complainants realised that a few of their properties had been lacking.
Ms Botwe was arrested and launched on police enquiry bail, however went into hiding along with her boygood friend, Benjamin, in Tamale. Whereas in Tamale, they allegedly rented a 3-bedroom condominium and a retailer.
The police arrested Ms Botwe, resulting in the retrieval of US$40,000 and GH¢72,619.70 from their condominium.
Ms Botwe allegedly used the stolen cash to purchase a 3-bedroom home, a double-decker refrigerator, a water dispenser, a tv set, a washer, and a chest cooler, amongst different objects.
She additionally purchased a Hyundai Elantra for Benjamin, who later offered it to buy a Honda Civic.
Ms Botwe additionally gave her father GH¢50,000 and GH¢1 million to her ex-boyfriend, Malik. Throughout interrogation, MsBotwe implicated Sarah as her confederate
BY MALIK SULLEMANA
