Hassan Ayariga, the founder of the All People’s Congress (APC), has disclosed additional information regarding the case of Cecilia Dapaah, the former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, which is currently being examined.
The former minister’s case became public after it was revealed that she had taken two of her former housekeepers to court for the theft of large sums of money from her home, including $1 million.
He added that during his investigation, he obtained very close-source information on the true specifics of the story, demonstrating that many people were too fast to judge the former minister.
For example, he revealed that it is not true that all of the money stolen from Cecilia Dapaah’s and her husband’s Abelemkpe home belonged to her.
“I’m told that the money was $1 million, 300,000, and GH¢250,000, and through my investigations, what I heard was that their brother, who is a king died. All his estates were then valued at $800,000, and this is not from Paul Adom-Otchere. It is from a different and very intimate source… I am telling you from the right source that I have done my own investigations because when I speak, I want to come out with the truth.
“So, the $800,00, his gold watches, kente cloths and others were for the chief and so they took all of them and threw them inside a box so that when they were done with the funeral, the family would sit down and look at how they shared the money. They also started asking for monies for the funeral and got GH¢250,000; so that was the contribution for them to do the funeral,” he explained.
Hassan Ayariga went on to say that while these valuables were secured in another part of the house, the domestic workers had created a replica of the room key, unbeknownst to Cecilia Dapaah and her husband.
He went on to say that the couple did not realize their money was missing in the proper sense of the word, because it was assumed that it would be kept in a safe area, away from everyone.
However, the house help’s nefarious actions were discovered one day when the man of the home walked in on one of the girls unannounced, he continued.
“So, they put all these things in a box, locked it and out it in a different room from where they sleep. While this was their room, they had the key in the bedroom they sleep in but then the house girls cut a key to the room, and would go to the room with the package. So they themselves didn’t know the money was stolen until the husband got home one day.
“When he got home, he realised that there were lights in the locked room when there shouldn’t have been. So, he went inside and went found the girl hiding behind the bed. And before that, he noticed that the key in the door was not his and that it was a strange key. When he caught her, he then called the police,” he narrated.
Hassan Ayariga further stated that the female who was captured in the act was later arrested with her boyfriend in Tamale after being granted bail.
He went on to say that the two were arrested for breaking public order by driving a car with very loud music in it.
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