One of the alleged domestic workers of former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resource Cecilia Dapaah has spoken for the very first time.
In July 2023, news of some domestic workers of the then minister allegedly stealing sums of US$1million, €300,000 and GH¢350,000 broke.
The former minister and her husband are also said to have suffered material losses including GH¢95,000 worth of clothes, US$35,000 handbags, US$1,400 assorted perfumes, US$95k assorted jewelries and GH¢95,000 worth of assorted Kente.
But a recorded voice seem to have different narration about the whole escapade.
The recorded audio tape purported to be voice of Sarah–one of the two domestic workers of former Sanitation minister Cecilia Dapaah–has surfaced for the first since stories of the hefty sum looted from the former Minister’s house broke.
In the recorded audio uploaded on video streaming social media platform, YouTube, Sarah is heard making some scandalous revelation about the former Minister.
According to the voice alleged to be Sarah’, she returned a total of $1.8 million toCecilia Dapaah as well the house she bought with the looted cash.
This amount mentioned is far bigger than total sum of dollars reportedly stolen room the former Minister’s house casting further doubt on how much exactly was the former MP and Minister hoarding in her house.
Full transcript of the leaked tape;
On Tuesday, the woman(Cecilia Dapaah) called me and my guy to come to her house. So when we went to the house, as for me, I know that we are going to beg her, because, you said that your money and I have come to put your money down.
So Why? So we are going to beg her. When we went there, the woman poured hot water, pepper and used that wooden spoon they use to cook (banku ta) to beat me. And later on she took me to the police station, and they arrested me again.
And I was in the cells for about 2 weeks, and they took me to court. When they took me to court and court also gave me remand two weeks. I was in remand [for] about one month, before the court discharged the case, and they took me to another court.
I took some of the money and went to Tamale, so when I was in Tamale, she called me back again to come. When I came, she gave me $1.8m, that I should take. After my guy asked me where did I get the money, but I did not answer him. I said one of the people I am working with gave me the money.
And he said okay, he wanted to buy a car in Accra here, so I should give the money to him to buy a car. And okay, I gave the money to him to go and buy the car. When he went to buy the car, about 3 weeks [later], they came to arrest me in Tamale. When they came to arrest me, I was pregnant. It was one week.
All the money, the lady gave me, I have given all to them. Including the house. And the house too, I gave the money to a girl to buy for me, and then it is not my name on the papers, I don’t know why, and I am not seeing the lady too. I don’t know where she is now.