Dennis Miracles Aboagye, an aide to the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is currently been investigated by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) over alleged fraud-related issues.

This information was disclosed by the former Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation on Monday, July 13.

“As the former Executive Secretary for the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation, he has serious questions to answer that involve fraud. I am not saying he is guilty. He is being interrogated for fraud issues. We must all know that once you have served in a government, you can be called for accountability. You should be invited, and if you refuse, you should be arrested,” he emphasised.

Mr Aboagye, who is the Communications Director to the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2028 presidential candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. Meanwhile, the NPP will today, Monday, July 13, march to the EOCO’s office to protest the arrest of Dennis Miracles Aboagye.

Officials from the Ghana Immigration Service and EOCO, arrested Mr Aboagye at the airport on Sunday, July 12, according to a post on Facebook by the party’s General Secretary, Justin Frimpong Kodua. The post alleged that he was denied access to his lawyers, making his whereabouts unknown.

“Since then they have denied his lawyers access and his whereabouts is not disclosed with no charges preferred,” the statement said.

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".

Chairman Wontumi was released from police custody after spending three nights in detention on Friday, October 10. His release followed the fulfillment of bail requirements totaling GHS25 million, imposed in connection with two separate illegal mining cases currently before the court.

On October 7, he was unable to meet the bail conditions set by the Criminal Division of the High Court in Accra. In one of the cases, the court granted him GHS15 million bail with two sureties, while in the other, an additional GHS10 million bail was set, also with two sureties—one of whom must justify with landed property.

The court further directed Wontumi to report to investigators once every week for the first month and prohibited him from traveling outside the country without explicit approval.