Private legal
practitioner, Martin Kpebu says former Sanitation and Water Resources Minister,
Cecilia Abena Dapaah could lose the money allegedly stolen from her house if
she is unable to explain the source.
Speaking in an
interview with Bernard Avle on The Point of View on Citi TV in Accra
on Monday, he underscored that “Article 286 (4) states that if she cannot
explain the source of this money, she is going to lose it. It says that if the
money cannot be attributed to income, loan, gift or inheritance then it is not
hers, so she will lose it.”
Although he said
the issue was not a ‘perfect matter,’ Mr Kpebu opined that the state getting
the rest of the money was not bad.
“If the OSP
investigates this matter, we will see whether we can get issues of bribery and
most especially corruption because that is where, as citizens, our suspicions
are geared towards. If there is no evidence, and yet we cannot explain the
source of that money, she loses the money,” he added.
Meanwhile, Mr
Kpebu has said that public commentary surrounding the alleged stolen monies
from the house of the former Minister compelled the Office of the Special
Prosecutor (OSP) to do its work.
“These
commentaries we run also help. Because if we do that, it also shows that public
anger will be an incentive for the OSP to do his work excellently because he
knows that people are angry and are talking about the scandal. So there is no
chance to make mistakes, there is no chance to go slow. So these commentaries
are very useful,” he stated.
Mr Kpebu said
this in an interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Eyewitness News on Citi
FM in Accra on Monday.
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