The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has disclosed that former Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCCoD) Executive Secretary Dennis Edward Aboagye, popularly known as 'Miracles', was placed on a stop order a week before he was arrested at the Kotoka International Airport.

EOCO said the stop order was issued as part of an operational plan to arrest Mr Aboagye after new findings emerged in an ongoing investigation into suspected fraud and theft involving about GH¢55 million.

In a statement issued on Monday, July 13, 2026, the anti-graft agency said Mr Aboagye was already aware of the investigation and had previously visited the Office.

However, EOCO said it later discovered that Mr Aboagye had already left the country before the planned arrest operation could be carried out.

The Office said when Mr Aboagye returned to Ghana on Saturday night, officers of the Ghana Immigration Service executed the stop order at the Kotoka International Airport and handed him over to EOCO on Sunday morning.

He subsequently accompanied investigators on a search operation on Sunday, which EOCO said was expected to continue.

Mr Aboagye’s arrest forms part of investigations into alleged financial and procurement-related irregularities at the IMCCoD Secretariat.

EOCO said the probe followed a petition from the current Executive Secretary of IMCCoD requesting further investigations into a forensic audit conducted into the affairs of the Secretariat covering the period from August 1, 2022, to February 2, 2025.

The investigation concerns suspected misappropriation, misapplication, diversion, and theft of public funds amounting to about GH¢55 million.

Mr Aboagye, former IMCCoD Accountant Gerald Appiah, and others are being investigated for suspected offences including conspiracy to steal and stealing, using public office for profit, causing financial loss to the state, dissipation of public funds, defrauding by false pretences, money laundering, and other related offences.

EOCO also disclosed that Gerald Appiah has voluntarily begun refunding funds connected to the matter under investigation, but stressed that the recoveries do not conclude the investigative process or absolve any suspect of wrongdoing.

The Office confirmed that Mr Aboagye will be granted bail in accordance with the Constitution and the laws of Ghana, while Mr Appiah is expected to complete his bail conditions and be released as investigations continue.