Baffour Awuah did not report to EOCO voluntarily; an arrest warrant forced him – Theophilius Dzimega

Lawyer and National Democratic Congress (NDC) Communication Team member, Theophilius Dzimega Jr, has contested the assertion that Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah's visit to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) was voluntary. According to Mr Dzimega Jr, the MP made the trip only after a warrant for his arrest was issued by the Accra High Court, following EOCO's inability to secure his presence for questioning.

Speaking on JoyNews’ Newsfile on October 3, he clarified that the arrest warrant played a significant role in his attendance. "The idea that he (Baffour Awuah) went there voluntarily is not voluntary. There had been an arrest warrant issued. And it is the pain of being arrested based on that warrant that made him to go there," he stated.

The warrant was issued on September 30 when EOCO informed the court that their attempts to get the MP to attend voluntarily had failed. The court also authorized EOCO to search for and seize relevant documents to their investigation. On October 1, Baffour Awuah complied and reported to EOCO, accompanied by his lawyer, Samuel Atta Akyea, and some parliamentary colleagues.

He remained in EOCO custody as of October 2. Dzimega Jr questioned the nature of the prior invitations sent to Baffour Awuah in February, stating that it would be challenging for EOCO officials to rely on informal interactions to secure his attendance. "In any case, you don’t expect Raymond Archer to meet you on the street or at a conference and having jolly any other time to say, ‘But you bro, we have been looking for you.

When are you going to come?’ How are we going to explain that tomorrow?" he inquired. Dzimega Jr emphasized the importance of accurately describing the circumstances surrounding the MP's appearance. "We are going to say that he even met me in parliament when I was doing parliamentary duties and told me that they are looking for me.

We will be the same persons to say even in parliament we were chasing him to say that we are looking for him. He didn’t go there voluntarily. Let’s make that clear," he concluded. EOCO maintains that it had made efforts to secure Baffour Awuah's attendance following two invitations sent in February 2026. The investigation focuses on alleged unauthorized financial transactions involving SIC Life Savings and Loans, with officials alleging offenses such as financial loss, dissipation of public funds, and money laundering.