The embattled former Sanitation Minister has filed an opposition to the second attempt by the Office of the Special Prosecutor to confim the re-seizure and re-freezing of her properties.

In her affidavit in opposition filed on 5th of October, 2023, the Minister says the OSP has no evidence that her properties are tainted with corruption or corruption related activities. She says the OSP is thus on a fishing expedition and is recklessly and deliberately misrepresenting the following facts about her supposed real estate business, money for the payment of the school fees of her late brother's children among others:

"a) That I said in Exhibit OSP5 that I had registered a sole proprietorship called Dermacare Cosmetics when I made no such statement in Exhibit OSP5. I never mentioned registering any business called Dermacare Enterprise. I rather stated "Dermacare shop dealing in cosmetics, skincare, shoes, bags and other miscellaneous items" and that Dermacare was a sole proprietorship. Good faith investigation would have revealed that on 26th July 1994, I registered a business that was carried on at Dermacare Shop in Dzorwulu, Accra.

b) That I have an undisclosed and undeclared real estate business when I have no real estate business and Applicant has not provided a scintilla of evidence that I do.

c) That I concealed my identity by using aliases to sell property to third parties when Applicant's own Exhibit OSP16 shows that I rather sold property in a representative capacity for Nana Yaa Ode. Nana Yaa Ode also known as Nana Ode Nyarko was my mother (now deceased).

d) That money was being transferred from my deceased brother's account into my account when the truth is that funds were transferred from Cal Bank from an account in the name "The Late Nana Akwasi Essan" to which I am a signatory. This account was opened with funeral donations collected by Cal Bank at my late brother's funeral. The correct account name is conspicuously stated in Applicant's Exhibit OSP18 and the Applicant could easily have ascertained the mandate on the account from Cal Bank. The funds are transferred to me for payment of the school fees of my late brother's children.

e) That 2nd Respondent and I have not informed the Police about the discovery of the $590,000 which formed part of the initial $1,000,000.00 reported stolen when we informed the investigating officers on 25th July 2023, a fact that good faith and diligent investigations would have unearthed."

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Mrs. Dapaah goes on to narrate the event of the re-seizure of money ordered by the court to be returned to her on the 31st of August 2023. Following the failure of the OSP to provide any supporting evidence of the source of her money and proof that her money is tainted, Mrs. Dapaah deposes in her affidavit against the second attempt by the OSP for a confirmation of the re-seizure of her property that the re-seizure is a mockery of the ruling of the court delivered under the hand of Justice Edward Twum. In a tone suggestive of gross disappointment in the OSP, Mrs. Dapaah narrated the re-seizure of her property in the following words;

"34. On 4th September I received a call to report to report to Applicant's office at 10am on September 5, 2023. On 5th September 2023, I arrived at Applicant's office Premises in the company of my lawyers at 10am. Upon my arrival, I was informed that the meeting had been arranged to facilitate the return of the seized money to me, as ordered by the High Court on 31/08/23.

35. After being made to wait for hours and lengthy processes, the money was released to me at about 2:30pm on the 7th floor of the Applicant's premises.However, within minutes of making my way to the car park with the money and as I was exiting, I was directed to return to the 7th floor with the money.

36. When I got to the 7th floor, I was told by one of the Applicant's officers that he had "the pleasure" to inform me that the Applicant was re-seizing the money. They proceeded to take the money to recount it and then served me with notice of the re-seizure.

37. I finally exited the Applicant's premises around 4:30pm and about five minutes afterwards my attention was drawn to a public notice that had already been issued by the Applicant on the re-seizure of the money and re-freezing of my bank accounts that day. 38.It was apparent that Applicant had prepared the public notice in advance as the last act in a well-orchestrated plan to make a mockery of complying with the Court's Ruling, but I was shocked to find that the public notice was published on the Applicant's website as early as 10:14am on 5th September 2023, hours before the purported release and re-seizure of the money that day. A copy of the Applicant's public statement which was published on his website at 10:14am on 5th September 2023 is exhibited and marked as EXHIBIT CAD5."

Click here for full affidavit in opposition. The next court date of this matter is on the 11th of October, 2023 where the court hears an application for the abridgment of time for the hearing for a confirmation order slated for the 18th of October, 2023.