New Patriotic Party (NPP) communicator Dennis Edward Miracles Aboagye has been released from the custody of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) following his arrest in connection with an ongoing investigation.
His release came after several hours of engagement with officials of the anti-graft agency.
EOCO had earlier confirmed the arrest of Mr Aboagye, a former Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCCoD), over alleged financial irregularities involving approximately GH¢55 million in public funds.
In a statement issued on Monday, July 13, EOCO said the arrest followed investigations arising from a forensic audit of the IMCCoD Secretariat covering the period from August 2022 to February 2025.
The agency said the investigation was initiated after the current Executive Secretary of the Secretariat petitioned EOCO to probe findings contained in the audit report.
According to EOCO, the forensic audit and subsequent investigations allegedly uncovered evidence of the misappropriation, misapplication, diversion and theft of public funds during the period under review.
Mr Aboagye, the Secretariat’s former accountant, Gerald Appiah, and other unnamed individuals are being investigated for alleged offences including conspiracy to steal, stealing, using public office for profit, causing financial loss to the state, dissipation of public funds, defrauding by false pretences and money laundering.
EOCO said although Mr Aboagye had previously responded to invitations from investigators, new findings that emerged the previous week led to the decision to arrest him.
The agency also disclosed that a Stop Order had been placed on Mr Aboagye about a week before his arrest to prevent him from leaving the country while investigations continued.
However, EOCO said investigators later discovered that he had already travelled outside Ghana.
