The Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has urged Parliament to urgently programme the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice to appear and brief the House about the manner the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has been effecting the arrest of persons of interest.
He said Dr Dominic Ayine must explain to the House why EOCO would arrest and detain in custody for three days the former Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation, Dennis Aboagye.
“Mr Speaker, we are a House with oversight responsibility, and there are things that are happening that if we do not talk about today, tomorrow the other side will be wearing the shoe,” Mr Afenyo-Markin said.
Don’t be up in arms
Contributing to a business statement delivered by the Second Deputy Majority Whip for the week ending Friday, July 17, 2026, the Minority Leader expressed disappointment at the manner in which EOCO arrested Mr Aboagye.
“Mr Speaker, the Director of Communications of our party was arrested and detained at the airport, and he has been in custody for over three days.
“We are not against accountability, but we are against the ‘Rambo’ style, and our colleagues should not be up in arms as it can be them tomorrow,” he said.
The Minority Leader said what was happening to Miracles Aboagye was not good for Ghana’s democracy.
He said Mr Aboagye had arrived in the country at the Accra International Airport and was ready to honour any invitation by the EOCO.
He, therefore, questioned why EOCO would resort to arresting and detaining Mr Aboagye at the airport for three days.
“And now the EOCO is demanding property worth over GH¢50 million before he is granted bail.
“Let us be careful, my dear political colleagues; let us be careful, Ghanaian political leaders, as it can be somebody tomorrow,” he said.
Mr Afenyo-Markin said members must not look at such complaint by the Minority about those excesses of EOCO with partisan lenses because “it can be you”.
He said Mr Aboagye was a family man, with wife and children, who lost everything to the recent floods in Accra.
“Miracles Aboagye is already traumatised because of the floods, and then to worsen it, you detained him for three days, and you say that if he wants his freedom he should bring property worth GH¢50 million.
“This is not something that must attract partisan reaction as it is a human right issue, and the Attorney-General must come to this House and brief us on what is happening,” he said.
Mr Afenyo-Markin further complained about the manner EOCO also invited members of the Minority Caucus who expressed their dissenting views on national issues.
You have no moral right
Reacting, the Majority Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, said the Minority Leader had no right under the sun to request the Speaker to invite the Attorney-General.
He said Mr Afenyo-Markin’s suggestion appeared to suggest that accountability must not be demanded from public office holders.
“He has no moral right to suggest that where an investigative body has conducted a year-long investigation into a matter, has invited the suspect and now made prima facie determination and is effecting an arrest that may possibly lead to prosecution, the Minority Leader is on this floor inviting the A-G to come and respond to what?”, he asked.
