How Can An Ordinary Minister Have Such Huge Sums Of Money At Home? – Former President John Dramani Mahama Reacts To Cecelia Dapaah’s Robbery Case

The former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama has reacted to the news of the robbery incident of the Minister of Sanitation, Cecelia Dapaah.

Earlier today, two domestic helpers of Cecilia Abena Dapaah and her husband, Daniel Osei Kuffour, are accused of stealing money and other valuables worth millions of Ghana Cedis and are being prosecuted in an Accra Circuit Court.

The couple’s chamber in their home in Abelemkpe, an Accra suburb, is where the allegedly stolen funds were found.

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Between July and October 2022, Patience Botwe, 18, and Sarah Agyei, 30, are accused of stealing the couple’s money and personal belongings.

The case is currently in court awaiting a hearing on August 2nd 2023.

Reacting to this, former President John Mahama questioned how a Minister could have such huge sums of money at her house.
He wrote; “$1m + €300k and millions of GHS in a Ghanaian Minister’s home?
Scandalous!!

Even if genuinely acquired, why keep millions of hard currency at home?
Will @NAkufoAddo ever set a good example for public office holders in his administration?”