Lawyer for Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, Samuel Atta Akyea, has disclosed the charges EOCO has brought against his client. 

Speaking on Joy FM on October 1, 2026, the former Attorney General said Baffour Awuah had been charged over alleged financial offences linked to transactions involving SIC Life Savings and Loans.

According to him, the charges include causing financial loss to the state and money laundering.

“Yes indeed. I’m talking about loss of public funds and also causing loss and then money laundering,” he said.

Atta Akyea disputed the allegations, saying Baffour Awuah’s law firm was engaged by SIC Life to recover an investment from Equity Savings and Loans and pursued the matter through the courts.

He said the firm secured a judgment in SIC Life’s favour and took steps to enforce it, leaving a documentary record of the work carried out.

“Nothing that they’ve said calls for such a charge. A lawyer has delivered a service. There is a paper trail to that effect. Documents filed in the court of competent jurisdiction. How can you say that is criminality? I can’t get it,” he said.

The lawyer also challenged the amount reportedly involved in the case, saying the entry of judgment he had reviewed showed GH¢10 million rather than the approximately GH¢14 million cited in connection with the transaction.

“In fact, the entry of judgment does not show that it’s 14 million. It’s 10 million, which is the investment plus the interest,” he said.

Based on his interpretation of the court records, Atta Akyea questioned whether the matter falls within EOCO’s statutory mandate.

“So if you look at it from every perspective, this is not a remit of EOCO, I’m afraid,” he said.

EOCO’s investigation concerns alleged unauthorised financial transactions involving SIC Life Savings and Loans, with suspected offences including financial loss, dissipation of public funds and money laundering.

Baffour Awuah reported himself to EOCO on Thursday, October 1, after the Accra High Court issued a warrant for his arrest and authorised the search and seizure of documents relevant to the investigation. EOCO has said he is cooperating with investigators.

The allegations against the MP have not been determined by a court.