Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has argued that former Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCCoD), Dennis Miracles Aboagye, should have informed the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) before travelling outside the country while under investigation.
Speaking on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, Pratt Jnr said EOCO had already begun the process of issuing a stop order after becoming concerned that Aboagye could leave Ghana.
According to him, the anti-graft agency later discovered that Aboagye had already travelled before the directive could take effect.
“EOCO said he was cooperating with them, but they became concerned that he might travel, so they issued a stop order. By then, they realised he had already travelled. Since Miracles knew he had a pending case, he should have informed EOCO before travelling,” Pratt Jnr said.
His remarks come amid public debate over EOCO’s handling of the investigation and the arrest of Aboagye at the Accra International Airport on Sunday, July 12, 2026, upon his return to Ghana.
EOCO has accused Aboagye of the alleged misappropriation, misapplication, diversion, and theft of public funds amounting to GH¢55 million.
In a statement issued on July 13, 2026, the agency said the investigation relates to Aboagye’s tenure as Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCCoD).
EOCO said investigations are ongoing and urged the public to allow due process to take its course.
