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.
13 July 2026 · Joy Online →
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.
13 July 2026 · Joy Online →
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.
13 July 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
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.
13 July 2026 · Joy Online →
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.
13 July 2026 · Joy Online →
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.
13 July 2026 · The Chronicle →
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.
13 July 2026 · Joy Online →
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.
13 July 2026 · Joy Online →
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.
13 July 2026 · Joy Online →
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.
13 July 2026 · Joy Online →
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.
13 July 2026 · Joy Online →