… How the case arose The facts accompanying the charge sheet state that Mr Awuah is the Senior Partner of Sarkodie Baffour Awuah & Partners, which was engaged by SIC Life in May 2020 to recover a debt of GH¢6.3 million from Equity Savings and Loans Limited. …
… The facts accompanying the charge sheet state that Mr Awuah is the Senior Partner of Sarkodie Baffour Awuah & Partners, which was engaged by SIC Life in May 2020 to recover a debt of GH¢6.3 million from Equity Savings and Loans Limited. …
… According to Samuel Atta Akyea, the search of the law firm, Sarkodie Baffour Awuah & Partners, had not been completed as of Thursday, October 1, with a second search expected to be conducted at the MP’s residence. …
… He says the February 10 invitation was addressed to the Senior Partner of his former law firm, Sarkodie Baffour Awuah & Partners, which was engaged by SIC Life to recover about GH¢3.5 million invested with defunct Equity Savings and Loans a debt that had grown to about GH¢14 mill …
… Mr Baffour Awuah has disputed this, saying the invitations were addressed to his former law firm, Sarkodie Baffour Awuah & Partners, which represented SIC Life Savings & Loans. …
… Beyond the dramatic scenes at the Accra High Court on September 23, 2026 a more consequential financial story has emerged from Baffour Awuah’s explanation of why EOCO had been engaging his former law firm, Sarkodie Baffour Awuah & Partners. …
… EOCO’s first letter of 10th February, 2026, headed “Invitation Pursuant to Sec. 19 of Act 804/10,” was addressed to the Senior Partner of Sarkodie Baffour Awuah & Partners. …
… According to the MP, the EOCO invitation was not issued to him as the subject of an investigation, but to him in his former capacity as Senior Partner of Sarkodie Baffour Awuah & Partners, a law firm representing SIC Life Savings and Loans Company Limited. …
The Attorney-General has filed three criminal charges against Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah over alleged financial misconduct in his handling of a legal case involving SIC Life Savings & Loans Company Limited. The charges, filed at the High Court's Specialised Jurisdiction Division on October 3, 2026, include conspiracy to commit a crime, intentionally causing financial loss to a public body, and money laundering, relating to allegations that he conspired to dissipate GH¢9.85 million belonging to the company in 2024.
The Attorney-General has filed three criminal charges against Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah over alleged financial misconduct in his handling of a legal case involving SIC Life Savings & Loans Company Limited. The charges, filed at the High Court's Specialised Jurisdiction Division on October 3, 2026, include conspiracy to commit a crime, intentionally causing financial loss to a public body, and money laundering, relating to allegations that he conspired to dissipate GH¢9.85 million belonging to the company in 2024.
The Attorney-General has filed three criminal charges against Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah for allegedly conspiring with SIC Life Savings & Loans' then Managing Director in 2024 to dissipate GH¢9.85 million belonging to the company while acting as the firm's lawyer. The charges include conspiracy to commit a crime, intentionally causing financial loss to a public body, and money laundering.
The Economic and Organised Crime Office is searching the former law firm of Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah in connection with allegations including criminal conspiracy, financial loss to SIC Savings and Loans, money laundering, and tax offences. The MP's lawyer has raised concerns that the search could expose confidential information of other clients.
Three people were arrested by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) for allegedly flying drones over the agency's headquarters without authorisation on Thursday, October 1, during a probe in which Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah voluntarily appeared for questioning.
Deputy Attorney-General Dr Justice Srem-Sai has cautioned that parliamentary immunity could become a tool for impunity if constitutional protections for MPs are applied without careful consideration, arguing that such protections should not allow legislators to evade criminal investigations. His remarks follow EOCO's attempted arrest of MP Nana Agyei Baffour-Awuah, with the Deputy AG asserting that law enforcement agencies must retain their powers despite the Minority and some legal practitioners arguing that proper parliamentary procedures were not followed.
An Accra High Court has issued a warrant authorizing the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to arrest Member of Parliament for Manhyia South Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah. EOCO told the court it had exhausted reasonable means of securing his voluntary attendance and feared relevant documents could be concealed, altered or destroyed.
A disputed EOCO arrest attempt on Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah has reopened scrutiny of Equity Savings and Loans Limited, following his explanation that the investigation relates to legal work his firm performed for SIC Life Savings and Loans in recovering millions of cedis from Equity. EOCO says Baffour Awuah failed to honour two February 2026 invitations; his law firm says another representative appeared before investigators in March and April, providing information and a written statement.
An attempted arrest of the Manhyia South MP at the Accra High Court has revived debate over when MPs can be arrested. The constitution protects MPs from process while attending or travelling to parliamentary proceedings, but does not grant blanket immunity from arrest, according to legal analysis of Article 117 of the 1992 Constitution.
Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah has rejected allegations by the Economic and Organised Crime Office that he ignored invitations to assist with an investigation, stating the EOCO invitation was addressed to him in his former capacity as Senior Partner of a law firm representing SIC Life Savings and Loans Company Limited, not as a subject of investigation. The MP said he referred the matter to Parliament's Clerk for advice upon becoming an MP, and that his firm subsequently cooperated with EOCO's investigation through a lawful representative.
Lawyers for Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah say EOCO invitations in February concerned his law firm's client, not him personally, and that he referred the matter to Parliament's Clerk for advice. EOCO attempted to arrest the MP at Accra High Court on September 23, 2026, citing his failure to honour two February invitations to assist an ongoing investigation.