Afenyo-Markin questions EOCO decision to search Baffour Awuah’s home

Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has raised questions about the Economic and Organised Crime Office's (EOCO) decision to search the home of Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah. Afenyo-Markin pointed out that the court order EOCO received only authorized a search of Awuah's law firm, not his residence. On Friday, October 2, 2026, after 2pm, EOCO informed Awuah, who was in their custody, about their intention to search his home.

The MP was taken aback by this decision as the court order was specific to his office and law firm. Afenyo-Markin revealed that Awuah arrived at EOCO at 10:47am on Thursday with his lawyers and a few others, only to be kept waiting for hours. Later, he was brought to an interrogation room, given a personal profile form, and then arrested around 4pm.

Awuah was subsequently taken to his law firm in Dzorwulu for a search, during which unrelated documents, including his car documents, were seized. Around 8pm, Awuah was returned to an interrogation room and told there would be more investigation work. He was kept in custody around 8pm despite his lawyer's protests. EOCO had planned a second phase of investigations for the following day, but no one attended to Awuah until after 2pm when they requested permission to search his residence.