The National Communications Director of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah is cautioning the media and the public against making hasty judgements as new developments emerge about the case involving former Sanitation and Water Resources Minister, Cecilia Dapaah.

It was recently reported that sources close to the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) had revealed that an amount of $590,000 and a sum of ¢2,730,000 in cash were discovered during a search at Madam Dapaah’s residence at Abelemkpe in Accra.

The report further indicated that the OSP in its investigations discovered GH¢1 million in investments and GH¢700,000 in cash in Madam Dapaah’s  Societe Generale bank account. 

In her Prudential Bank account, it was also disclosed that  $5 million had been tracked to have had hit the account over a period, along with GH¢48 million.

The monies in both bank accounts have therefore been frozen by the OSP following the aforementioned discoveries.

But Mr Ahiagbah while speaking on Newsfile, contended that the amount of monies being mentioned are from unverified sources, hence there is a high possibility that the information in the public is untrue.

He advised the public to shun from branding the embattled Minister as a malefactor just on information that is based on speculations.

Mr Ahiagbah emphasised, “My caution is that, please let’s proceed cautiously and not go ahead of ourselves to assume that she has done anything wrong.”

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He referenced the position of the law and pointed out that no individual is pronounced a criminal until proven by the court to be guilty.

“Even the reports or the investigations that are ongoing, none of these institutions [conducting investigations] have given us a report,” Mr Ahiagbah stressed.

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He said it is unjust to taint the image that the former Minister worked hard for based on speculations.

Subsequently, he stated that, “until we get the reports to come in and suggest to us one way or the other that having examined the evidence, she’s done something that is untoward, then we all can go on to have committed conversations about why she did that, and then the residual benefit would be that what laws can we evolve to check that behaviuor subsequently going into the future.”

Speaking on the position of the NPP regarding the issue, the Communications Director said the party will address the subject at a right time.