EOCO court warrant authorised search of Baffour Awuah’s law firm, not residence – Afenyo-Markin
Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has questioned the Economic and Organised Crime Office’s (EOCO) decision to search the residence of Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, claiming the court order obtained by the agency was specifically for a search of his law firm.
Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has raised concerns over the Economic and Organised Crime Office’s (EOCO) decision to search the residence of Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, despite a court order specifying a search of his law firm in Dzorwulu. The Minority Leader questioned the legality of the expanded search, stating that the court order was clear that investigators should only target the law firm.
Afenyo-Markin further explained that the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, was involved in the service of the court order to Awuah, who could then cooperate with the EOCO investigators. The controversy arose after EOCO took Awuah to his former law firm as part of its investigation into transactions involving SIC Life Savings and Loans, and initially intended to search his residence.
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