General News of 2026-09-24
'You were extorting money to kill stories, yet you're at EOCO' – Manhyia South MP blasts Raymond Archer
Lawyer and Manhyia South Member of Parliament (MP), Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, has accused the Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Raymond Archer of extortion.
According to the MP, he has evidence that Archer extorted money to suppress stories during his time as a journalist under former President John Agyekum Kufuor’s administration.
“Even you people that extorted monies during President Kufuor's time, we remember. Today, you, Raymond Archer, you are at EOCO. I remember the extortion you did during President Kufuor’s era to kill a stories. For me, I am not afraid of anything and those are facts. At the time, Alhaji Bamba was at the Office of the President and those are facts,” he said in an interview on Asempa FM on September 23, 2026.
The allegations come after officers of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) attempted to arrest the MP at the Accra High Court on Wednesday, September 23, 2026.
According to EOCO, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP had refused to appear before the agency after being invited twice to assist with an ongoing investigation dating back to February 2026.
The attempted arrest at the High Court has, however, generated criticism, with some questioning the procedure adopted by the law enforcement agency.
Critics argue that EOCO should have followed the constitutional and parliamentary procedure for dealing with a sitting MP by writing to the Speaker of Parliament to make the necessary arrangements.
@asempa_fm I’m not afraid of arrest. I will be going to court tomorrow because I have not committed any crime against the state; I was simply representing my client. Their decision to come to court to arrest me was a carefully calculated plan to disgrace me. — Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah #Ekosiisen ♬ original sound - ASEMPA FM
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