{
  "id": 7692708,
  "title": "Arrests should happen before daybreak – Dafeamekpor demands action over audit claims",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/arrests-should-happen-before-daybreak-dafeamekpor-demands-action-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T23:31:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/arrests-should-happen-before-daybreak-dafeamekpor-demands-action-over-audit-claims/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "South Dayi MP Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor is calling for immediate arrests in response to allegations raised by investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni. The comments come following Awuni's investigation into the COVID-19 expenditure, which has sparked concerns over potential public finance scandals within Ghana's Fourth Republic. Awuni's latest work focuses on how pandemic funds were accounted for and reported, raising questions about the Auditor-General's office and their special audit findings.\n\nDafeamekpor emphasizes that if the allegations are true, and the Auditor-General's office failed to report material findings to Parliament, they would be in breach of Section 16 of the Audit Service Act. This section requires the Auditor-General and their officers to report their findings from a special audit to Parliament, and any concealment of such information could be a serious issue. The MP is hesitant to make a statement but insists that if the allegations prove to be accurate, arrests should occur before daybreak the following day. He believes this cannot be tolerated in Ghana and calls for urgent action to address the situation.",
  "summary": "The Majority Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, is demanding immediate arrests if allegations emerging from investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni’s latest investigation into COVID-19 expenditure are found to be true.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}