Private Legal Practitioner, Martin Kpebu says the Special Prosecutor should be commended for blowing the whistle in the alleged money laundering case involving former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah.
According to him, Kissi Agyebeng could decide that since he did not find corruption and its related activities in Madam Dapaah's case, he would allow sleeping dogs to lie.
However, for Mr Agyebeng to hint to the relevant institution, the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) proves his dedication to the cause.
Speaking on JoyNews’ The Probe on May 19, he said “If anything at all we should be commending Kissi Agyebeng exceedingly. We should be giving a high round of applause to Kissi Agyebeng for blowing the whistle that hey[SIC] this thing looks like money laundering.
“You know, he could have just kept quiet. I am mandated to do corruption, I did not find corruption and corruption related so case closed but as he was saying case closed, he also said but I see money laundering so we have to applaud Kissi Agyebeng and the OSP for a yore man’s job.”
He explained that without the suggestion of the OSP, there would likely be no allegation of money laundering.
Read also: EOCO has long returned Cecilia Dapaah’s docket to us – OSP reacts
Following the OSP's referral of Madam Dapaah's case to the anti-money laundering agency, EOCO boss COP Addo-Danquah stated that her outfit lacked the additional information required to conduct investigations for potential prosecution of the crime of money laundering.
She mentioned that this decision was reached following the Attorney General’s (AG) advice on the matter.
According to her, the AG noted in his recommendation that the OSP failed to provide a basis for determining potential money laundering crimes for investigation by EOCO.
Touching on this, Mr Kpebu argued that cases of money laundering were different from corruption; therefore, the EOCO's demand for additional information would make no difference.
“Kissi Agyebeng and OSP were doing corruption and corruption related, they were not doing money laundering. So I like the example Edem Senanu likes giving; that somebody is being asked to investigate murder so all his energy are towards murder investigations then he is given the file that investigates assault and you are saying he should give you the murder report for your assault, no,” he added.
The legal practitioner added that if COP Tiwa Addo-Danquah wanted to investigate Madam Dapaah, she could have used the statements handed to her.
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