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Mr Appiah

Also known as: Gerald Appiah · Mr. Gerald Appiah

Gerald Appiah — former accountant of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation, under investigation for alleged GH¢55 million misappropriation.

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In coverage

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  1. July 2026
  2. Joy Online

    EOCO said Mr Aboagye, together with the former Accountant of IMCCoD, Gerald Appiah, and others, is being investigated over several suspected offences, including conspiracy to steal, stealing, using public office for profit, causing financial loss to the state, dissipation of publ

    EOCO arrests Dennis Miracles Aboagye over alleged GH¢55 million financial and procurement irregularities
  3. May 2026
  4. The Chronicle

    He was apprehended when he came to nose around and confirms the presence of NAIMOS in the area on the instructions of his boss, one Mr Appiah.

    Pentecost Elder busted in NAIMOS operations at mining sites at Morso
Politics

EOCO imposes GH¢50m bail on Aboagye amid financial irregularities probe

The News

Former Presidential Staffer Dennis Miracles Aboagye has been granted bail of GH¢50 million with three sureties by EOCO following his arrest on July 12, 2026, in connection with alleged financial and procurement irregularities at the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation. His lawyer Samuel Atta Akyea has criticised the bail conditions as "cruel and oppressive," while EOCO investigates alleged misappropriation and misapplication of public funds amounting to about GH¢55 million.

11 hours ago · Joy Online

Yesterday

  1. EOCO imposes GH¢50m bail on Aboagye amid financial irregularities probe

    Former Presidential Staffer Dennis Miracles Aboagye has been granted bail of GH¢50 million with three sureties by EOCO following his arrest on July 12, 2026, in connection with alleged financial and procurement irregularities at the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation. His lawyer Samuel Atta Akyea has criticised the bail conditions as "cruel and oppressive," while EOCO investigates alleged misappropriation and misapplication of public funds amounting to about GH¢55 million.

    11 hours ago · Joy Online

  2. NPP communications member granted GH¢50m bail in funds probe

    Dennis Edward Aboagye, a member of the NPP communications team, was granted bail of GH¢50 million by EOCO following his arrest on July 12, 2026, in connection with investigations into alleged financial and procurement irregularities at the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation, where he previously served as executive secretary. EOCO is investigating allegations that he, former IMCCoD accountant Gerald Appiah, and other unnamed persons misappropriated, misapplied, diverted, or stole public funds amounting to about GH¢55 million.

    12 hours ago · Joy Online

  3. EOCO arrests former IMCCoD secretary over GH¢55M probe

    The Economic and Organised Crime Office has arrested Dennis Edward Aboagye, former Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralization, over an investigation into alleged misappropriation, misapplication, diversion and theft of about GH¢55 million in public funds. Aboagye was apprehended at Kotoka International Airport following a Stop Order, and is being investigated alongside former IMCCoD Accountant Gerald Appiah for conspiracy to steal, using public office for profit, money laundering and related offences.

    15 hours ago · The Ghanaian Times

  4. NPP claims Aboagye detention diverts from Mahama third-term agenda

    The NPP General Secretary has alleged that the detention of Dennis Edward Aboagye for alleged misappropriation of GH¢55 million in public funds is orchestrated by the NDC government to divert attention from President Mahama's alleged efforts to seek a third term beyond the constitutional two-term limit.

    16 hours ago · Joy Online

  5. Former IMCCoD secretary arrested over alleged GH¢55m financial irregularities

    Dennis Edward Aboagye, former Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation, was arrested by EOCO over allegations of financial irregularities involving about GH¢55 million in public funds. Security forces were deployed to EOCO headquarters as supporters gathered to protest his arrest.

    17 hours ago · Joy Online

  6. EOCO arrests two over alleged GH¢55M IMCCoD fraud

    The Economic and Organised Crime Office has arrested Dennis Edward Aboagye, former Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation, and Gerald Appiah, the Secretariat's former Accountant, in connection with a suspected loss of about GH¢55 million in public funds. The investigation, which covered 1 August 2022 to 2 February 2025, was escalated after the current Executive Secretary petitioned EOCO to pursue findings from a forensic audit; the suspects are under investigation for conspiracy to steal, using public office for profit, causing financial loss to the state, and related offences.

    20 hours ago · The Chronicle

  7. EOCO: NPP spokesperson Aboagye had left Ghana before stop order

    The Economic and Organised Crime Office says Dennis Miracles Aboagye, spokesperson for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia's 2028 presidential campaign, had already left Ghana when a stop order was placed on him as part of investigations into alleged financial and procurement irregularities linked to his role as Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation. He was arrested upon arrival at Kotoka International Airport on Saturday night.

    20 hours ago · Joy Online

  8. EOCO investigates alleged GH¢55m IMCCoD misappropriation

    The Economic and Organised Crime Office is investigating alleged misappropriation of about GH¢55 million at the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation, following the arrest of former Executive Secretary Dennis Edward Aboagye and former accountant Gerald Appiah. EOCO said the investigation was triggered by a forensic audit covering August 1, 2022, to February 2, 2025, and the suspects face charges including conspiracy to steal, using public office for profit, and money laundering.

    20 hours ago · Joy Online

  9. EOCO: IMCCoD ex-accountant repaying funds in GH¢55m fraud probe

    The Economic and Organised Crime Office says Gerald Appiah, former accountant of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation, has voluntarily begun refunding funds linked to a suspected misappropriation of about GH¢55 million. EOCO stressed the repayments do not conclude the investigations or absolve any suspect of criminal liability, as Appiah and others including former Executive Secretary Dennis Edward Aboagye remain under investigation for offences including conspiracy to steal, stealing, and money laundering.

    20 hours ago · Joy Online

  10. EOCO investigates ex-IMCCoD officials over GH¢55m funds diversion

    The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) is investigating former Executive Secretary Dennis Edward Aboagye, former Accountant Gerald Appiah, and other unnamed persons over alleged misappropriation and diversion of approximately GH¢55 million in public funds at the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCCoD) between August 2022 and February 2025. The investigation followed a petition from the current Executive Secretary requesting further review of a forensic audit.

    20 hours ago · Joy Online

  11. EOCO arrests former IMCCoD secretary over GH¢55 million irregularities

    The Economic and Organised Crime Office has arrested Dennis Edward Aboagye, former Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation, over investigations into alleged financial and procurement irregularities amounting to about GH¢55 million covering August 2022 to February 2025. Aboagye, who now serves as spokesperson for Dr Bawumia's 2028 presidential campaign, is being investigated alongside others for offences including conspiracy to steal, stealing, using public office for profit, and money laundering.

    20 hours ago · Joy Online

Monday 4 May

  1. Pentecost elder arrested in NAIMOS anti-illegal mining operation

    The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) arrested Elder David Peter Bobie of the Church of Pentecost during unannounced operations at mining sites along the Kume River in Asante Akyem South district; Bobie, who claims to be a foreman at an illegal small-scale mining site at Morso, led the task force to the site where the environment had been massively degraded. During the operation, NAIMOS dismantled eight Chanfang machines, four wooden gold washing platforms, and seized 12 water pumping machines from the site.

    4 May 2026 · The Chronicle

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