Details of alleged EOCO evidence on how MP Baffour Awuah was paid 'legal fees' by 3 entities in one case

Member of Parliament (MP) for Akwatia, Bernard Bediako Baidoo, has doubled down on his claims against his colleague, the MP for Manhyia South, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, following a suit filed against him by the latter.

Bediako Baidoo had said that the recent attempt to arrest Baffour Awuah by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) was not because of his representation of Salomey Awiti Baffoe in the Ghana Jollof case, as the Manhyia MP had earlier claimed.

The Akwatia MP also refuted Baffour Awuah’s claim that he was not under investigation by EOCO, stating that his colleague is wanted by EOCO for some wrongdoing before he became an MP when he was the lawyer of SIC Life Insurance Limited.

Speaking in an interview on Accra FM after the suit, on Monday, September 28, 2026, the Akwatia MP repeated his claims and went on to share details of supposed evidence gathered by EOCO against the colleague legislator, including the claim that he, without the knowledge of the board of SIC Life, renegotiated a judgment the state-owned enterprise had won as a micro-credit firm, Equity Micro-Finance.

Bernard Baidoo said that the Manhyia South legislator, on behalf of his law firm, represented SIC Life in its case against Equity after the private company could not pay back a loan of GH¢6 million.

“When he was going to court, SIC gave him GH¢280,000. The court awarded a judgment in favour of SIC for the sale of the microfinance company’s property, which was worth GH¢25 million. The auctioneer the court appointed to sell the property had even gotten a buyer, and the deal was almost done.

“All of a sudden, another company called Eco Swiss came into the frame claiming that Equity Micro Finance had sold the said property (a land) to them long ago… The matter went to court, and before the court could even determine the true owner of the land, Baffour Awuah went to settle the matter of the state entity. As we speak, this is no board decision which permitted him to do that,” the Akwatia legislator said.

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Bernard Baidoo indicated that the evidence from EOCO also showed that Baffour Awuah was paid by all three companies involved in the matter - SIC Life, Eco Swiss and Equity - even though he was supposed to be only a lawyer for the state-owned company.

“He settled with Eco Swiss for them to pay GH¢5 million for that loan facility whose principal was even GH¢6 million for the matter to die. These are things Baffour Awuah signed as a solicitor. But as a solicitor, he has to prove here he got the authority to renegotiate a judgment of GH¢14 million.

“After this, Eco Swiss gave Baffour Awuah GH¢2.2 million. What was this for? You were not their lawyer… All of these are from EOCO documents. As if this was not enough, the people from Equity also gave him over GH¢600,000,” he said.

The Akwatia MP also claimed that the then Managing Director of SIC Life Insurance, Amma Frimpomaa Dwumah, was given GH¢1 million by Baffour Awuah and his law firm.

About the suit:

Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah filed a Writ of Summons against the Akwatia MP and broadcaster Abubakar Alhassan, popularly known as Blakk Rasta.

The lawsuit, filed on Monday, September 28, 2026, follows what the Manhyia South MP described as false statements allegedly made against him by the two.

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According to a report by citinewsroom.com, the lawmaker said he had decided to seek redress through the civil courts rather than pursue criminal charges.

“I have today, 28th September 2026, filed a Writ of Summons against the underlisted persons for spewing falsehoods against my person.

“Unlike the government, I have chosen the path of democrats, by seeking relief through civil court rather than pursuing criminal prosecution for the publication of false news,” he stated.

The lawsuit comes amid an ongoing dispute over the alleged detention of Salomey Baffoe and Camilla Alhassan.

Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah alleged that the two women are currently in police custody as part of what he described as an attempt by state security agencies to intimidate and silence him.

He further alleged that Salomey Baffoe was “kidnapped by state security agents” late on Saturday and remains in police custody, adding that the alleged actions would not stop him from pursuing the matter.

“The above having been said, I wish to state that the attempt by the government to intimidate and silence me in my quest to fight for the poor mother of three (3) minor children who was kidnapped by state security agents… and remains in police custody has failed,” he said.

Watch a video of his remarks below:

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