“We are not against accountability; We are against the Rambo style” – Afenyo-Markin

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Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the Minority Leader of Parliament, has said the NPP is not opposed to accountability but has a strong objection to how the arrests are being conducted.

According to Afenyo-Markin, the Attorney General should appear before the House to brief Members of Parliament on EOCO’s activities following the arrest of Dennis Miracles Aboagye.

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Speaking on the floor of Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin stated, “Mr Speaker, what is happening to Miracles Aboagye is not good for our democracy. The Attorney General should come to this House and brief the House on the situation”.

“We are not against accountability. We are against the Rambo style,” he said.

Afenyo-Markin further issued a warning to his colleagues on both sides of the House that the current treatment of an opposition figure could one day be visited upon them.

“Our colleagues should not be up in arms. It can be you tomorrow. Let’s be careful, my dear political colleagues. Let’s be careful, Ghanaian political leaders. It can be somebody today. There is an election ahead. You can never tell. Don’t let us encourage some of these excesses. And when we talk about it, don’t look at it with a partisan lens. It can be you,” he said.

Afenyo-Markin also raised concerns about the bail conditions imposed on Miracles Aboagye, saying, “He has a wife and children. Already, the man was affected by the floods. He lost everything. He’s already traumatised. Then, to worsen it, you detain him for three days, and you say if he wants his freedom, he should bring properties worth 50 million cedis. How do you do this?”.

Meanwhile, viral videos have surfaced on social media following the release of Dennis Miracles Aboagye, an aide to the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2024 flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, from the custody of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).

Miracles Aboagye was released after meeting his GH¢50 million bail conditions set by EOCO.

His release follows three days of detention after he was picked up by EOCO officials at the Accra International Airport in connection with ongoing investigations.

Reports suggest former Western North Regional Minister Joojo Rocky Obeng stepped in as surety for Miracles Aboagye’s GH¢50 million bail.

In the viral videos, Miracles Aboagye was clad in a white shirt, being assisted as he made his way from the EOCO offices to a waiting vehicle.

NPP supporters who had camped outside the EOCO headquarters since the morning of July 13, 2026, cheered him and immediately entered the waiting vehicle.

Also, the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has broken its silence following the arrest of Dennis Miracles Aboagye.

According to EOCO, Miracles Aboagye’s arrest is linked to alleged financial and procurement-related irregularities involving about GH¢55 million when he was a former Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCCoD).

EOCO disclosed that Dennis Miracles Aboagye is under investigation into the alleged misappropriation of approximately GH¢55 million in public funds.

They disclosed that the arrest follows a forensic audit and a petition submitted by the current Executive Secretary, prompting investigations into alleged financial and procurement irregularities at the Secretariat between August 1, 2022, and February 2, 2025.

In a statement issued on Monday, July 13, 2026, by EOCO read, “The former Executive Secretary of the IMCCoD, Mr Dennis Aboagye, a.k.a. “Miraeles,” the former Accountant of IMCCoD, Mr Gerald Appiah, and others are under investigation for suspected offences including:

1. conspiracy to steal and stealing

2. Using public office for profit

3. Causing financial loss to the State

4. Dissipation of public funds

5. Defrauding by false pretences

6. Money laundering

7. Other suspected offences”

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