Member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) communications team, Dennis Edward Aboagye, was granted bail yesterday, Monday, July 13, following his arrest on Saturday, 11 July at the Accra International Airport in Accra by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).

He was granted a GH¢50 million bail bond, which requires three sureties, two of whom must be justified.

Reacting to the bail conditions, Mr Aboagye's lead counsel, Samuel Atta Akyea, addressing the media, noted that given the stipulated time given to meet them, it is highly impossible to meet them. Consequently, the NPP communications member remains in custody.

The stipulated timeframe was immediate, overnight on July 13, 2026. This is why Aboagye’s lawyers insist the bail conditions are “extremely difficult” and practically impossible to meet.

“How is he going to be released? How is he going to post the bail bonds? GH¢50 million, three sureties, two to be justified. How can it be met? Where are you going to find properties worth GH¢50 million and finding it tonight?” he questioned.

Mr Aboagye is being investigated for his alleged involvement in financial and procurement-related irregularities involving about GH¢55 million during his tenure as Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCCoD).

A statement noted that the revelation came after the current Executive Secretary of IMCCoD requested further inquiries into a forensic audit conducted into the affairs of the Secretariat between August 1, 2022, and February 2, 2025. EOCO added that Miracles Aboagye had previously visited the office prior to his arrest in connection with the ongoing investigations.

It further stated that it had taken steps to prevent Dennis Miracles Aboagye from leaving the country as part of its operational plan; however, he had already travelled outside Ghana before the agency could execute the measures.

Miracles Aboagye was arrested together with the former accountant of the Secretariat, Gerald Appiah, by officials from the Ghana Immigration Service and EOCO on Sunday, July 12.

According to a post on Facebook by the party’s General Secretary, Justin Frimpong Kodua, Miracles Aboagye was denied access to his lawyers, making his whereabouts unknown.

“Since then, they have denied his lawyers access and his whereabouts are not disclosed with no charges preferred,” the post read.

This is not the first time an NPP official has been arrested under President John Dramani Mahama’s administration. Currently, the party’s Ashanti Regional Chairman, Wontumi, has been accused of aiding individuals to mine without a proper license at the Samreboi concession.

Wontumi’s lawyer has noted that there is no evidence to support the galamsey charges levelled against his client.

Speaking to the media on Friday, October 10, Enoch Afoakwa noted that Chairman Wontumi is unshaken in his insistence on innocence in the face of all galamsey charges.

He added, “So certainly his position has not changed. He still maintains his innocence. Once he has pleaded not guilty to the various counts that he has been charged with, his presumption of innocence under Article 19(2c) triggers, and that means he is presumed innocent until proven.”

“When he was arraigned, he pleaded not guilty to all the several counts of allegations that have been levelled against him. So certainly his position has not changed.

He still maintains his innocence. Once he has pleaded not guilty to the various counts that he has been charged with, his presumption of innocence under Article 19(2c) triggers, and that means he is presumed innocent until proven".