Manhyia South lawmaker Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah will report to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) on 1 October 2026, after a court authorised his arrest, sources say.
People close to the Member of Parliament told JoyNews he would present himself to the agency. An Accra High Court issued the warrant on 30 September. EOCO had told the court it had exhausted reasonable means of getting him to attend voluntarily.
The warrant also allows EOCO to search for and seize documents. According to 3News, the agency told the court it feared documents relevant to the investigation could be hidden, altered or destroyed.
What is being investigated
The inquiry concerns alleged financial irregularities at SIC Life Savings and Loans Company Limited. Deputy Attorney General and Minister for Justice Dr Justice Srem-Sai said it stems from a complaint about unauthorised transactions at the company. The suspected offences include financial loss, dissipation of public funds and money laundering.
The allegations have not been tested in court.
EOCO says it invited Baffour Awuah twice in February 2026 and that he did not honour either invitation. It invited him as senior partner of his law firm, Sarkodie Baffour Awuah & Partners, which SIC Life had hired to recover funds.
On 23 September, EOCO officers tried to arrest him at the Accra High Court, where he was appearing as a lawyer. The attempt ended in a confrontation and was not completed.
The MP’s account
Baffour Awuah disputes EOCO’s version of events. His account is that:
- The February invitation was addressed to the senior partner of his former firm in connection with a client, not to him as the subject of an investigation.
- He referred the matter to the Clerk to Parliament after receiving it.
- A representative of the firm appeared before EOCO investigators on 4 March, 18 March and 30 April 2026.
He has also explained the transaction behind the probe. In his account, SIC Life had invested about GH¢3.5 million with the now-defunct Equity Savings and Loans, which defaulted. With interest, the liability grew to about GH¢14 million, and his firm was engaged to recover it.
He has said he is law-abiding and has no reason to fear an invitation from a state investigative agency.
EOCO has not made public the full details of its investigation, and no charge against the MP has been reported.
