A senior lecturer of the GIMPA Faculty of Law says the public uproar on the Attorney-General’s request for the dockets for the former Sanitation Minister over her alleged stolen money is justified. 

Dr Justice Srem-Sai said the justification is based on precedents set by the Attorney-General’s office. 

Speaking on Newsfile on Saturday, July 29, he questioned the basis for the A-G’s decision to request for the docket for this particular matter. 

According to the Managing Partner of Praetorium Solicitors, there has not been any progress in similar cases in which the A-G has intervened. 

“When you tell us that it is because of the person involved, then people are justified in suspecting that you are in the process of doing what you usually do.

"Don’t forget this is not the first public official who is involved in anything people suspect there could be a crime.”

“What has come out from any of them? No real outcome to what people expect. So when you go again and you  ask for the docket, then people are entitled to, by way of memory and experience, that they are headed in that direction again.”

Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame in the coming days is expected to issue an advice on the Cecilia Dapaah stolen millions scandal.

This is because the Ghana Police Service has forwarded the docket of the case to the Attorney General upon the request of the office.

“Following a case of stealing reported to the police by Daniel Osei-Kuffour and Cecilia Dapaah, former Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, the Police initiated investigations into the case, arrested some suspects, recovered some of the stolen items and arraigned the suspects before court.”

“Police have since forwarded the docket to the Office of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice for review and advice,” the Ghana Police Service announced in a statement.

But some Ghanaians have expressed their displeasure about the decision by the A-G, suggesting nothing more may happen in the case.