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The Economic and Organised Office (EOCO) has strongly denied accusations levelled against it by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) concerning its alleged reluctance to investigate former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah.<\/p>\n
Samuel Appiah Darko, Director of Strategy, Research, and Communications at the OSP, recently disclosed that EOCO had returned Cecilia Dapaah\u2019s case file, implying a lack of interest in pursuing the money laundering charges against her.<\/p>\n
In an interview with Bernard Avle, host of the Citi Breakfast Show on Citi FM, Mr. Darko stated that EOCO\u2019s statement of intending to return the case file was inaccurate, as the document had already been returned.<\/p>\n
However, EOCO has vehemently disputed the claims made by the OSP, characterising them as an \u201cundue misrepresentation of facts\u201d in an official statement.<\/p>\n
According to EOCO, the OSP failed to uphold its commitment to deliver the report to them after discussions with OSP officials.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn view of the intense public interest generated by the instant matter, and to correct the undue misrepresentation of facts, EOCO would like to set the records straight. Following receipt of the \u201creferral\u201d by the OSP on 25th January 2024, EOCO by a letter dated 1st February 2024 signed by the Deputy Executive Director (Operations), Abdulai Bashiru Dapilah, requested the Special Prosecutor for \u201ca copy of the findings on the case to facilitate\u201d EOCO\u2019s investigations.<\/p>\n
\u201cEOCO\u2019s letter of 1st February 2024 was received at the Front Desk of the Office of the Special Prosecutor by a Field Desk Officer II, Solomon Tetteh, who duly signed for the letter at 9.52 a.m. on 2nd February 2024. The Deputy Executive-Director of EOCO, Bashiru Dapilah, followed up to the OSP and discussed with Mr. Emmanuel Basintale, the Director of Investigations of the OSP, the possibility of expediting the release of the report.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis discussion was done in the presence of the Deputy Special Prosecutor Ms Cynthia Lamptey. Mr. Basintale assured that as soon as he received clearance from the SP the report would be released to EOCO to assist in investigations. To date, EOCO has not received any information from the OSP.\u201d<\/p>\n
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