The impression being created by Manhyia South MP, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, that the attempt by the Economic and Organized Crimes Office (EOCO) to arrest him at the court complex in Accra is due to his service as a lawyer for Salomey Baffoe, the complex to UK based troll, Ghana Jollof, is a convenient decoy.
The attempted arrest has nothing to do with the Salomey Baffoe case, and traces back to apparent fraud that he and his law firm, Sarkodie, Baffour Awuah and Partners, perpetrated as far back as 2018.
The botched arrest also follows his blatant snub of two invitations that EOCO had extended him in January of this year, in connection to the apparent insurance fraud.
A February 10, 2026, invitation from EOCO to the MP read, “this office is investigating allegations of financial irregularities at SIC Life Savings and Loans Company Limited and your input into the matter is of immense importance.”
In view of that you are kindly requested to report to the Executive Director or his representative on Tuesday February 17, 2026, at 10 am at EOCO Head Office in Accra.”
Out of respect for the MP, EOCO had delivered the invitation confidentially. However, rather than respond, the MP had conveniently forwarded the letter to the Clerk of Parliament.
And so on February 27, 2026, EOCO, through its Executive Director, Raymond Archer, had written back to the MP protesting his actions and stressing it to him, that the invitation had been sent him in his capacity as a partner of his law firm and not as an MP.
“Please take notice that any correspondence from the Clerk of Parliament on this matter will not be recognized since the Office is not aware of any established protocol; or law which prevents the said person from honoring a lawful invitation. Also note that failure to honor this invitation may leave us with no choice than compel him appear before the Office.”
It was against the background of this hide-and-seek game with EOCO that the Manhyia South MP was accosted by a female officer of EOCO on TWednesday September 23, 2026 at the court complex, to effect his arrest.
In response, the MP who had been in court as lawyer for Salomey Baffoe, the accomplice of UK based TikTok troll, Barbara Asantewaa, aka, ‘Ghana Jollof’ behaved rudely towards the EOCO officer, with some persons in his company, obstructing the arrest.
The encounter which was captured in a video recording, eventually shows the MP who was pacing, promising to drive and follow the officer to EOCO. However, rather than drive to the EOCO office, he sped away to Parliament to take sanctuary, even though parliament is on recess.
Baffour Awuah’s theatrical protestations, during the attempted arrest, and his subsequent monkey trick therefore appear clearly staged.
Meanwhile, as part of the back story, his partner at his law firm, Sarkodie, Baffour Awuah and Partners, Theresa Tabi, is on record to have given EOCO a cautioned statement on April 30, 2026.
Snippets from the statement shows the criminality may have arisen after the law firm was hired by SIC Life Savings and Loans, during the Akufo-Addo administration, to recover debt owed SIC by a savings and loans company called Equity Savings and Loans Limited.
Apparently, SIC had made some investment with Equity and Equity had failed to make good its part of the deal and in response, SIC had hired the MP’s law firm to institute action against Equity.
As part of the process to recover the debt, the firm had obtained garnishee orders against the Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG), the GCB Bank, UniBank and Nii Amoo Dodoo, the Receiver of the Bank.
According to the cautioned statement, the law firm’s efforts led to the recovery of some Ghc400,000 of the debt owed SIC (the total amount is not mentioned).
Per the statement, it later came to light that Equity had parcels of land at Oyibi, and so the firm made efforts to attach the lands. However, a company called Eco Swiss Investments soon popped up and asserted ownership over the land.
Later, according to the statement, Eco Swiss would opt for a peaceful settlement of the issue without litigation. However, a first proposal that it made was rejected by SIC Life, until a subsequent offer was made, which then was accepted by SIC Life.
According to the statement, SIC Life then instructed the law firm to convert the offer into legally binding terms and officially presented to court.