The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has revealed the hiding spots where they discovered money hidden in the former sanitation minister, Cecilia Dapaah’s residences during a search operation.
According to the latest court documents filed by the OSP, they initiated a search at Cecilia Dapaah’s Abelemke residence following reports of substantial sums of money being stolen by her house helps.
The search, conducted on July 24, 2023, resulted in the discovery of cash amounts totalling $590,000 and ¢2,862,007.
Subsequent searches were carried out at two other properties owned by the dismissed Minister, located in Cantonments and Tesano, both in Accra.
The OSP described how the discovered money had been concealed, among others in wraps, polythene bags, clothing items and 32 envelopes.
These were hidden in obscure locations within the residences, some even labelled and described.