Former NDC Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini has described the ongoing impasse between the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), and the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), as a sign of a dysfunctional system.
According to the former lawmaker, the system responsible for investigating and prosecuting corruption and corruption related offences is broken down.
“If we are investigating an allegation of crime, it is imperative for the state institutions to collaborate, but if you take a good look at what is happening now, it is a clear indication that they are engaged in a turf war. Everybody is fighting for his turf,” he said.
He further stated that in fighting crime, there is no need to use turf war because it defeats the purpose of the investigation.
“The question remains unanswered of where Cecelia Dapaah got her money from. We are not interested in the issue of her keeping money in her bedroom. What every Ghanaian is interested in has got to do with the source of her money and not where she kept the money.”
“The Special Prosecutor was investigating into the matter but his mandate centres on corruption and corruption related offences, and breach of the procurement act,” he explained.
Alhaji Fuseini’s comment comes on the heels of the return of the docket of alleged money laundering case presented to EOCO by the OSP.
The OSP transferred the investigations of the alleged money laundering to EOCO.
EOCO, upon advice from the Attorney-General, decided not to continue with the case because, there is no available evidence to that effect.
Speaking on Okay FM’s ‘Ade Akye Abia’ with Kwame Nkrumah Tikese on Thursday, May 9, Inusah Fuseini stated that
“the moment the OSP decided to transfer the docket to EOCO to investigate the case of money laundering, I knew the case was over. There was no way Attorney-General will allow EOCO to investigate Madam Cecelia Dapaah because the President had already stated in his letter to the former Sanitation Minister that she will be vindicated.”
“We don’t know the grounds on which Attorney-General said EOCO cannot investigate the case of money laundering all because OSP did not attach the evidence or documents to the docket.”
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