Member of Parliament for Manyhia South, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, has questioned whether the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) is responsible for regulating or determining lawyers’ professional fees.
In a Facebook post on Saturday, September 26, the MP said the latest allegation against him followed an earlier claim that he had refused to honour an invitation from EOCO.
According to him, EOCO resorted to questioning his professional charges after claims of refusing to honour their invitation fell flat.
“First, they said I refused to honour their invitation. When that propaganda failed, they now claim that I charged unapproved professional fees,” Baffour Awuah wrote.
He then questioned the basis of the latest claim, asking: “But the question is: Is EOCO responsible for regulating or determining lawyers’ professional fees?”
His comments come after he denied allegations that GHC2.2 million out of a GHC5 million amount was paid to him or his law firm, SBA and Partners, as legal fees for a judgement debt involving SIC Life Savings and Loans.
The MP also denied claims that he or SBA and Partners transferred money to the then Managing Director of SIC Life Savings and Loans.
He further rejected allegations of a judicial sale of a property for GHC24 million, maintaining that no such judicial sale took place and, consequently, there could have been no remittance of GHC6 million from an alleged buyer to himself or his firm.
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