Thursday, 01 October

Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah reports himself to EOCO after arrest warrant

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Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, Member of Parliament for Manhyia South

Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah has reported himself to the Economic and Organized Crime Officer (EOCO).

The MP is currently at the EOCO office in the company of his counsel, Samuel Atta Kyea, and other Members of Parliament.

The development follows a High Court warrant issued on Wednesday, September 30, authorising EOCO to arrest the MP after the agency told the court that it had exhausted reasonable means of securing his voluntary attendance.

Members of Parliament including Kofi Amankwah Manu, Subin MP Obiri Yeboah and former Deputy Attorney General, Joseph Kpemka, accompanied him to EOCO.

Deputy Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Justice Srem-Sai, in a Facebook post narrated why laywer Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah is under investigation by the EOCO.

“Mr. Awuah’s imminent arrest is part of an inquiry by EOCO into a complaint of unauthorised financial transactions at SIC Life Savings & Loans Company Ltd, resulting in crimes of financial loss, dissipation of public funds, money laundering, among others," he wrote.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: classfmonline.com