Former Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCCoD) and National Communicator, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has been released from the custody of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) after meeting his GH¢50 million bail conditions.
Videos circulating yesterday evening,14th July 2026 on social media showed him dressed in handcuffs and escorted by EOCO officers out of the agency’s headquarters before being ushered into a waiting vehicle by members of his legal team.
His release comes a day after EOCO granted him bail in the sum of GH¢50 million with three sureties, two of whom were required to be justified. The bail conditions attracted widespread public debate, with the New Patriotic Party( NPP) describing them as excessive while others argued they reflected the magnitude of the financial allegations under investigation.
Mr Aboagye was arrested at the Kotoka International Airport on Saturday, July 11, upon his return to Ghana after officers of the Ghana Immigration Service executed an EOCO stop order and handed him over to investigators.
According to EOCO, the former Executive Secretary of IMCCoD is being investigated together with the Secretariat’s former accountant, Gerald Appiah, over alleged financial and procurement irregularities involving about GH¢55 million.
EOCO says the probe followed a petition filed by the current IMCCoD Executive Secretary based on findings from a forensic audit conducted between August 1, 2022, and February 2, 2025.
The suspects are being investigated for a range of alleged offences, including Conspiracy to steal, using public office for profit, causing financial loss to the state, dissipation of public funds, defrauding by false pretences, money laundering and related financial crimes.
The agency added that although Gerald Appiah has started refunding some of the funds under investigation, the repayments do not bring the probe to an end or clear any suspect of criminal responsibility.
EOCO has stated that its investigations are ongoing and has pledged to conduct them professionally, impartially and in accordance with Ghanaian law while respecting the constitutional rights of all individuals involved.
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