Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah Spends Night in Cells after EOCO Appearance

• Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah spent the night in EOCO detention despite widespread media reports that he had been granted bail
• Bosome Freho MP Nana Asafo Agyei Ayeh, who has been with the lawmaker's legal team since Thursday, disputed reports of a GH¢50 million bail condition
• The detained MP's lawyers confirmed their client had not met any bail conditions and remained in EOCO's custody as of Friday morning

Manhyia South Member of Parliament Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah remained in the custody of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) on Friday morning, with his lawyers confirming he had not been released despite circulating reports suggesting otherwise.

Reports had indicated that the MP was granted bail set at GH¢50 million with three sureties, but those claims have been directly contradicted by his legal team and a fellow parliamentarian who has been present throughout the process.

Bosome Freho MP Nana Asafo Agyei Ayeh, who has remained alongside the Manhyia South MP and his lawyers since Thursday, addressed the matter in an interview with Adom News.

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Ayeh described the reported GH¢50 million bail figure as unjustified, urging the public to disregard the information entirely.

He did not elaborate on the source of the reports but was categorical in rejecting their accuracy.

Lawyers representing Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah also confirmed that no bail condition had been fulfilled and that their client had spent the night at EOCO's headquarters in detention.

MP Held at EOCO Headquarters

The Manhyia South legislator's continued detention at EOCO's offices as of Friday morning marks a significant point in what has become a high-profile legal matter involving a sitting member of parliament.

The circumstances leading to the MP's arrest and the nature of the offences under investigation by EOCO have not been detailed in the available information. EOCO, Ghana's lead agency for investigating economic and organised crime, has the authority to hold individuals during active investigations.

Afenyo-Markin Challenges EOCO

The development prompted a public challenge from Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin.

In a Facebook post on the same day, the Effutu MP argued that EOCO appeared disproportionately focused on opposition politicians while failing to apply equivalent urgency to narcotics-related investigations.

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Afenyo-Markin specifically called on the agency to identify and prosecute individuals financing and coordinating drug networks with links to Ghana, urging EOCO to pursue the organisers allegedly operating behind those networks rather than limiting its scope to individual suspects.

His remarks arrived at a moment of heightened public scrutiny of Ghana-linked narcotics cases and the broader conduct of EOCO in handling economic and organised crime matters.

The investigation into Awuah remains active, with EOCO yet to conclude its work on the case.

Source: YEN.com.gh