OSP report has vindicated the view that Cecilia Dapaah did not steal public money

The 2025 half-year report issued by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has vindicated the former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Dapaah, a political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr Joshua Jebuntie Zaato has said.

Dr Beloves that some people were just determined to get Madam jailed at all costs.

“The OSPs report has vindicated our long-held view that Cecilia Dapaah did not steal public money. Some people were clearly determined to get this woman jailed,” he said on the Key Points on TV3 Saturday, August 23.

His remarks arrive as the Office of the Special Prosecutor announced that following almost seven months of thorough investigation by their office, along with a concurrent inquiry by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States, no direct and immediate evidence of corruption has been discovered concerning the seized funds and frozen bank accounts associated with former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Ms. Cecilia Abena Dapaah, and her associates.

It is important to note that the Office began an investigation in July 2023 concerning alleged corruption and related offenses involving significant sums of money and other valuable assets associated with Ms. Cecilia Abena Dapaah and her associates.

The OSP, in its half-year report for 2025, said:

“After nearly seven months of extensive investigation by the Office and a parallel inquiry by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States, no direct and immediate evidence of corruption was found in respect of seized funds and frozen bank accounts linked to Ms. Dapaah and her associates – though the investigation identified strong indications of suspected money laundering and structuring, beyond the direct mandate of the Office.”