The Member of Parliament for Buem, Kofi Iddi Adams, has objected to the assertion of a turf war between the anti-corruption agencies probing the Cecilia Dapaah scandal.
Rather, the lawmaker says the disagreements being exhibited between them is cosmetic, something they have made up to protect Cecilia Dapaah from being investigated.
According to him, President Akufo-Addo’s expression of optimism in Cecilia Dapaah being vindicated at the end of the investigation is a prejudgement from the President nobody wants to compromise.
On TV3’s KeyPoints Saturday, May 11, 2024, the former National Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) indicated that the trend of Cecilia Dapaah’s issue is a clear agenda to free the woman.
“I don’t think I see tough war. I see a clear agenda not to offend the president’s position on Cecilia Dapaah,” he said.
“The President made a strong statement and so every other person must work in a way to feed that statement that has been made. And it is not only this one, if you observe, anytime the President makes a statement, whether it’s a policy or whatever, even if it’s not working well and every other right-thinking person is suggesting something else, they want to make sure that they push what it is that the President has said,” he noted.
He cited Ken Ofori-Atta’s view on Free SHS where he said persons who were well to do should have been given the opportunity to pay for their kids but was ignored because the President had said it should be free for all. He added the cases of the President putting his presidency on the line for galamsey, as well ‘Ghana beyond aid’ which have all failed but are being defended because the President insists so.
Kofi Adam’s comments of the development with the case being an orchestration stems from the President’s statement on the Cecilia Dapaah cash saga which he says has affected how the investigations should have been carried out.
After her resignation as Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources following her missing cash scandal, President Akufo-Addo in the resignation acceptance letter disclosed that he was confident she was going to be exonerated.
“I am confident, like you, that, at the end of the day, your integrity, whilst in office, will be fully established. I wish you the very best in all your endeavours,” the President said in his letter.
The Attorney-General then advised the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) against conducting investigation into the money laundering aspect of the scandal.
The matter was referred to the EOCO by the Office of the Special Prosecutor who said its mandate was limited with regards to investigating money laundering.
EOCO subsequently returned the dockets to the OSP after it said the Attorney-General’s advice forbids them from carrying out any probe.
