Former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah, is facing more trouble as her late brother’s widow has filed a lawsuit against her to recover an alleged $800,000, which she claims belonged to her late husband.
The controversy arose after NPP propaganda journalist, Paul Adom-Otchere, defended the Minister, stating that out of the alleged $1 million stolen by her housemaids, $800,000 actually belonged to Cecilia Dapaah’s late brother, Nana Akwasi Essan II, a former Asante chief who passed away in 2022.
Adom-Otchere argued that the public’s outrage over the missing money was misplaced, as only $200,000 of the stolen amount belonged to Cecilia Dapaah herself. He further clarified that the additional missing 300,000 euros did not belong to the Minister but to her husband.
However, in a new development, the late Nana Akwasi Essan II’s wife has come forward, expressing her ignorance of any substantial sum of money belonging to her late husband being in Cecilia Dapaah’s possession.
As a result, she has initiated legal proceedings to recover the money, stating that her late husband’s property must be rightfully returned to her and their children in accordance with Ghanaian laws.