Lawyer and former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Samuel Atta Akyea, says "democracy and the rule of law have been reversed backwards" following the arrest and bail conditions the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has imposed on his client, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, a former Presidential Staffer and New Patriotic Party (NPP) communications team member.

So I believe that democracy and the rule of law have been reversed backwards. That a man who is not running away and is decent enough to go to the Kotoka International Airport… is arrested and detained all this while. I don’t believe that is how we should conduct affairs. It is not proper. As if he were a common criminal, and I don’t see common criminals coming through the Kotoka Airport, he lamented.

His comments came shortly after EOCO granted Miracles Aboagye bail in the sum of GH¢50 million with three sureties, two of whom must justify the bond with landed property, on Monday night, July 13, 2026.

Miracle Arrest

Miracles Aboagye was arrested at the Kotoka International Airport on Sunday, July 12, as part of an ongoing EOCO investigation into alleged financial and procurement irregularities at the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCCoD), where he previously served as Executive Secretary.

According to EOCO, he, together with former IMCCoD Accountant Gerald Appiah and other unnamed individuals, is under investigation over the alleged misappropriation, misapplication, diversion, and theft of public funds amounting to approximately GH¢55 million.

The agency said the probe was triggered by a petition from the current Executive Secretary of IMCCoD, requesting further investigations into findings contained in a forensic audit covering the period between August 1, 2022, and February 2, 2025.

Bail Conditions Criticised

Addressing journalists at EOCO’s office in Accra, Atta Akyea questioned the fairness of the process.

Look, you interrogate a man, and you are running for over four hours, marking time, marking time until we got our turn. In the final analysis, the bail conditions are cruel and oppressive, he said.

He argued that the bail terms compromise his client’s constitutional rights, particularly the requirement that sureties provide property valued at GH¢50 million.

Look at this very hour. They are about to exceed the 48 hours as enshrined in the constitution. Where is this gentleman going to get, I mean, three sureties, 50 million as a bail sum?…and then the properties should be worth 50 million, and two should post those properties. How are we going to do it? So you can see clearly that the bail terms are cruel, and it is a way to punish him some more.

Source : Peacefmonline