Dormer Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Martin Amidu, has accused President John Dramani Mahama of weaponising the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) against his political adversaries.
In a write-up copied to GhanaWeb, the former Attorney General pointed to the recent admission of the current Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, that he bought printers for EOCO as evidence that the office has been weaponised by Mahama’s government.
He added that the action of the minister was illegal and only points to the fact that the president is arming EOCO to prosecute his political adversaries, who were cited in the report of the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) preparatory team he set up.
“The confession by Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine at the proceedings of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament that he bought six heavy-duty printers for the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) from his ‘own money or funds’ after a briefing from the office is an unequivocal admission that the Attorney-General and President John Dramani Mahama’s government set out to weaponise, and indeed weaponised, the law enforcement powers of EOCO as an instrument of political persecution or inquisition against its political adversaries in the name of genuine rule of law and democracy under the 1992 Constitution,” he said.
He added, “The lead law enforcement agency chosen by Dominic Ayine upon receipt of the ORAL Committee report on 10 February 2025 to investigate and prosecute the allegations contained in the report was and is EOCO. This explains the staged coincidence of EOCO officially briefing the Attorney-General in February 2025, resulting in Dominic Ayine having to buy six heavy-duty printers from his own money or funds for EOCO to hunt the perceived adversaries of the government involved in the government’s Operation Recover All Loot project.”
Martin Amidu also claimed that the appointments made by the president to EOCO, including making Raymond Archer, who was a member of the ORAL preparatory team, the boss of the office, also point to the president’s intent.
“After Raymond Archer learnt the ropes at EOCO between 6 February 2025 and 25 April 2025 as a deputy director of operations, he was appointed the Acting Executive Director of EOCO to be judge in his own cause of ORAL, with Mr Dapilah being consigned to the Siberia of the National Security Secretariat.
“The President proceeded to make other executive appointments of friends and cronies to EOCO to ensure the total weaponisation of EOCO as a law enforcement agency against the political adversaries of government,” he claimed.
Why I bought six printers for EOCO with my own funds – Attorney General
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