Former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has filed an application at the Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court, seeking an interlocutory injunction against the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
She is requesting that the court restrains the OSP, its officers, assigns, and servants from taking any steps that could adversely affect or prejudice her rights to a fair trial, protection from property deprivation, and administrative justice.
This injunction is sought until the final determination of the case between her and the OSP.
Dapaah’s application follows her initial opposition to the lawsuit filed by the OSP. She had argued that the re-seizure of her funds and the re-freezing of her accounts and property were “unfair, unreasonable, capricious, arbitrary, and ultra vires” concerning the OSP’s powers under Act 959 and provisions of Article 23 and 296 of the 1992 Constitution.
She sought a court order to release her money and unfreeze her account, as well as to prohibit the OSP from continuing the investigation into her and her husband, Daniel Osei Kufuor.
Dapaah claimed that her opposition was prompted by the OSP’s “prejudicial” and “arbitrary” conduct throughout its investigation against her.
She argued that “damages against her will be inadequate to compensate” her if her application for an injunction is not granted by the court.
The court will carefully consider Dapaah’s application for an injunction against the OSP as the legal proceedings continue.