Former Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCCoD), Miracles Aboagye, has been released from the custody of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) after meeting his GHS50 million bail conditions.
Videos circulating on social media on Tuesday evening showed the New Patriotic Party (NPP) communicator being escorted by EOCO officers from the agency’s headquarters in Accra before leaving in the company of members of his legal team and associates.
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 sparked public debate, with the NPP describing them as excessive, while others argued that they reflected the scale of the allegations under investigation.
Mr. Aboagye was arrested at the Accta International Airport on Saturday, July 11, after officers of the Ghana Immigration Service executed an EOCO stop order upon his arrival in Ghana and handed him over to investigators.
According to EOCO, the former IMCCoD Executive Secretary is being investigated alongside the Secretariat’s former accountant, Gerald Appiah, over alleged financial and procurement-related irregularities involving approximately GHS55 million.
The anti-graft agency said the investigation followed a petition submitted by the current Executive Secretary of IMCCoD after a forensic audit covering the period between August 1, 2022, and February 2, 2025.
EOCO said the suspects 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.
The agency further disclosed that although Gerald Appiah had begun refunding some of the funds linked to the investigation, the recoveries do not conclude the investigations or absolve any suspect of criminal liability.
EOCO has maintained that investigations into the matter remain ongoing and has pledged to conduct them professionally, impartially and in accordance with the laws of Ghana while respecting the constitutional rights of all parties involved.
