The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has arrested Dennis Miracles Aboagye, an aide to the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
Aboagye was allegedly picked up at the Accra International Airport on Sunday, July 12, 2026.
In a post on his Facebook same day, Justin Kodua Frimpong, General Secretary of the NPP, alleged that EOCO arrested their party member with assistance of immigration officials where he was taken into custody.
Mr. Kodua Frimpong added that Aboagye’s lawyers were denied access to him, while his whereabouts remain unknown. He further alleged that no charges have been filed against him.
Citing provisions of Article 14(2) of the 1992 Constitution on the rights of persons in custody, the NPP General Secretary called on authorities to grant Mr. Aboagye unrestricted access to his lawyers and family.
According to him, the arrest is an intimidation rather than a lawful enforcement action, alleging it forms part of a pattern of politically motivated invitations, arrests and detentions targeting members of the party.
He advised against state institutions against being used as political tools to score political vendettas, admonishing public agencies to operate within the limits of the law and uphold constitutional protections.
Mr. Kodua Frimpong, however, urged party members to remain united, calm and lawful amid the development, as leadership to seeks clarity on the circumstances surrounding his apprehension.
