Former Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini has questioned why Manhyia South MP, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, refused to honour several invitations from the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).
According to the former MP, the invitations were intended to give the lawmaker an opportunity to explain matters under investigation and assist the state agency with its inquiries.
Speaking on TV3’s Daily Brief on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, the lawyer said he found it difficult to understand why the Manhyia South MP chose not to appear before EOCO despite the invitations.
He explained that EOCO operates on the presumption of innocence during investigations and that a person invited by the agency has an opportunity to provide explanations that could help investigation.
“You need a person of interest to attend upon EOCO to try to explain to them what actually happened.
“Because they are working on a presumption that in lieu of all these waters, they think that a wrong was done but maybe a wrong was not done.
“But if you leave them to continue to live in their own opinions, they will think a wrong has been done. And that is where I found it difficult to understand why Baffour Awuah decided not to go to EOCO,” he stated.
The former Lands Minister stressed that the MP should have appeared before EOCO to facilitate a better understanding of the matter.
“Because there is a presumption of innocence and the constitution gives you the presumption of innocence and that is why they are requiring of you to attend and assist in investigations,” he stated.
“I do not understand why at all material times, he made himself unreachable and made it difficult to cooperate with lawful agencies for the purpose of understanding,” he added.
Meanwhile, 3News understands that An Accra High Court has granted the Economic and Organised Crime Office a warrant to arrest the MP for Manhyia South, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah.
This follows an application by lawyers for the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO).
EOCO’s lawyers told the court its officers have exhausted reasonable means of securing the legislators voluntary attendance.
They added that they feared that documents relevant to investigations could be concealed, altered or destroyed hence the request for a warrant to arrest him as well as to search and seize relevant documents. We are also learning this afternoon that another member of parliament also on the minority side is a subject of these same investigations relating to SIC life savings and loans.
Background
The warrant marks a major escalation in a standoff that has been playing out since February 2026.
EOCO says it is investigating alleged financial irregularities at SIC Life Savings and Loans Company Limited. The Office says it invited the MP twice in February in his capacity as Senior Partner of his law firm, Sarkodie Baffour Awuah & Partners, which was engaged by SIC Life to recover funds.
The MP has maintained that he has never been the subject of the investigation. In statements issued after an attempted arrest at the Accra High Court Complex on September 23, he said the February 10 invitation was addressed to the Senior Partner of the firm to assist with inquiries concerning its client, SIC Life Savings and Loans.
He said by the time the letter arrived he had become an MP and had therefore referred the matter to the Clerk to Parliament for advice on February 18. According to him, a lawful representative of the firm subsequently cooperated with EOCO on three occasions – March 4, March 18 and April 30 – and submitted a formal written statement on April 30, 2026.
He contends there was no further invitation until the attempted arrest.
EOCO, led by Executive Director Raymond Archer, disputes that account.
