Cecelia Dapaah,A former Minister of sanitation and her two housekeepers gained notoriety a month ago after the former sanitation minister sued them for allegedly stealing millions of Ghana cedis, $300,000, and $1 million from her.
Patience Botwe and Sarah Agyei, allegedly stole the monies and personal effects of the former minister between the months of July and October 2022.
According to reports, Patience Botwe, 18, and Sarah Agyei, 30, along with their boyfriends and families, were in court today.
Houses, cars and cash running into millions of Ghana cedis have been retrieved from Patience Botwe and Sarah – former domestic workers of the resigned minister for Water and Sanitation, Cecilia Abena Dapaah.
DSP Nyamekye said the properties were retrieved from Patience Botwe, Sarah Agyei and a newly added accused, Yahaya Sumaila.
Eleven charges had been preferred against the accused persons, they are conspiracy to commit a crime, stealing and dishonestly receiving amongst others.
The said monies were allegedly stolen from the couple’s house at Abelemkpe, a suburb of Accra, in the Greater Accra Region.
The first accused, Patience, also had her current and former boyfriends, as well as her father, all being dragged before the same court.
The three new arrests are Christiana Achab, Job Pomary, Yahaya Sumail. The person at large is one Franklin Sarakpo.
The police prosecutor, revealed that charges against the father of Patience Botwe were dropped, following the advice of the Attorney General, Godfred Dame.
The court, however, discharged Kwaku Botwe, father of the first accused person, Patience Botwe, who was initially charged with the offence of dishonestly receiving.
Meanwhile, three more persons have been arraigned in addition to four others who were initially charged with counts of stealing and dishonestly receiving monies stolen from their home, while one other person who is of interest to the investigations is said to be on the run.
This brings the total number of eight people standing trial currently.
