The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Director of Communications, Richard Ahiagbah, has disclosed that Dennis Miracles Aboagye has been granted bail set at GH¢50 million with three sureties following his arrest by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).
Aboagye, who served as an aide to the NPP’s 2024 presidential candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, was arrested at the Accra International Airport. His arrest was in connection with an ongoing investigation into alleged financial and procurement irregularities.
Speaking on Channel One Newsroom on Monday, July 13, 2026, Ahiagbah expressed optimism that the bail terms would either be fulfilled or reviewed to facilitate Aboagye’s release.
“My earlier briefing was GH¢50 million with three sureties. I hope that condition is either met or varied for him to be granted bail,” he said.
EOCO earlier confirmed the arrest of the former Executive Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCCoD), Dennis Edward Miracles Aboagye, over allegations involving about GH¢55 million in public funds.
In a statement issued on Monday, July 13, the anti-graft agency said the arrest followed investigations stemming from a forensic audit of the IMCCoD Secretariat. The audit covered the period between August 2022 and February 2025.
According to EOCO, the probe began after the current Executive Secretary of the Secretariat petitioned the agency to investigate the audit findings. The forensic review and subsequent investigations allegedly uncovered evidence of the misappropriation, misapplication, diversion and theft of public funds during the period under review.
EOCO said Aboagye, alongside the Secretariat’s former accountant, Gerald Appiah, and other unnamed persons, is being investigated for offences including conspiracy to steal, stealing, using public office for profit, causing financial loss to the state, dissipation of public funds, defrauding by false pretences and money laundering.
The agency noted that although Aboagye had previously honoured invitations to assist investigators, new findings that emerged last week led to the decision to arrest him.
EOCO also revealed that it had placed Aboagye on a Stop Order approximately a week before his arrest to prevent him from leaving the country while investigations continued. However, investigators later discovered that he had already travelled outside Ghana.
Upon his return through Kotoka International Airport on Saturday, July 11, 2026, officers of the Ghana Immigration Service intercepted him and handed him over to EOCO the following day.
The agency added that Aboagye accompanied investigators on a search operation on Sunday, July 12, with the exercise expected to continue on Monday.
Regarding Gerald Appiah, EOCO said he had voluntarily started refunding money linked to the alleged offences. However, it stressed that the repayments do not end the investigations or exempt any suspect from possible criminal prosecution.
EOCO indicated that both suspects would be granted bail in accordance with the Constitution and the laws of Ghana. While Appiah was expected to meet his bail conditions and be released, arrangements were also underway to complete the processing of Aboagye’s bail.
