Ghanaians react as two house helps allegedly steal $1 Million, €300k etc from NPP’s Cecelia Dapaah

In Accra, a circuit court is handling a case about a supposed theft of a large amount of money from the home of the sanitation and water resources minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, by her house helps.

Two house helps, Patience Botwe (18) and Sarah Agyei (30), have been accused of stealing $1 million, €300,000, and millions of Ghana cedis between July and October 2022.

According to reports, the money was stolen from the minister’s home in Abelemkpe, Accra, where she lives with her husband, Daniel Osei Kuffuor.

The house helps are facing charges for conspiracy to commit a crime and multiple counts of theft related to the huge sums of money taken from the minister’s home.

Photo credit: Cecilia Dapaah

The minister’s lawyers stated that in addition to the money, the accused house helps also stole valuable personal items like clothes, handbags, perfumes, and jewelry from the minister, worth GH¢95,000 and $95,000.

Patience Botwe, aged 18, and Sarah Agyei, aged 30, both house-helps of Ghanaian Politician Cecilia Dapaah, are currently facing charges before an Accra Circuit Court.

They are accused of stealing a substantial sum of money, which includes $1 million, €300,000, and millions of… pic.twitter.com/57tIg8pyoY

— SIKAOFFICIAL🦍 (@SIKAOFFICIAL1) July 21, 2023

On Twitter, Ghanaians shared their reactions to the news, expressing concerns about the alleged amounts of money found in the minister’s home.

@PhillyMonae – So the one with the unexplained obscene amount in her house ain’t facing charges

@jamestigerrr – It’s only in Ghana that only two thieves will face charges while the owner herself who is the bigger thief will be pressing. How do you have 1 million dollars and 300,000 euros at home? Thieves paraded as politicians and ministers !!!

@jake_ami2 – They are part of the the reason the CEDI keeps depreciating. Hoarding millions of dollars in your rooms through corupt & dubius means? Only God can tell the number of dollars her corrupt counterparts are keeping for themselves in their various houses. Shameless woman!

Cecilia Dapaah had $1 million, €300k, & over GHC 100 million at home, meanwhile:

•NSS personnel unpaid
•Free SHS Food suppliers unpaid & crying
•Trainee Allowance unpaid
•Road Contractors unpaid

Imagine how much is hidden in a vault by Addo D, Bawumia and co! Thieves! pic.twitter.com/pdxyw45GIu

— Albert Nat Hyde (@BongoIdeas) July 21, 2023