Founder and leader of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Percival Kofi Akpaloo, has filed a lawsuit against the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) at the Kumasi High Court over what he describes as his unlawful arrest in connection with allegations surrounding an Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) contract.
Speaking on Angel FM on June 22, 2026, Akpaloo said the case has been scheduled to be heard in July.
“I have filed a suit against EOCO at the Kumasi High Court over what I believe was my unlawful arrest and the violation of my rights. The case has been scheduled for July 6, 2026,”
Addressing the ECG contract matter, Akpaloo insisted that he financed the project with his own resources and has documents to support his claim.
“I financed the contract with my own money, and I have documents to support that. The funds used for the project did not belong to anyone else. In some cases, the government provides mobilisation funds to contractors to begin work, but I did not receive any such payment,”
He also rejected allegations that he embezzled funds connected to the contract, describing the claims as false and baseless.
“There were allegations that I was awarded an ECG contract and embezzled the funds. People discussed the matter on the radio and made accusations against me. But if those claims were true, why have I not been arrested?”
Akpaloo said ECG even struggled to pay him because he had used his personal funds to execute the project.
“When I heard the allegations, I laughed because I knew they were false,”
He further stated:
“I am a man of integrity, and I am not corrupt. In this country, people can make baseless allegations against others.”
In September 2025, EOCO arrested Akpaloo at his residence in Kumasi as part of investigations into allegations of fraud, causing financial loss to the state, dissipation of public funds, falsification of documents and money laundering.
He was later granted GH¢10 million bail with two justified sureties as investigations continued.
