The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has reportedly frozen or seized 17 properties linked to Dennis “Miracles” Aboagye as part of its ongoing investigation into alleged financial and procurement irregularities at the Inter-Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Decentralisation (IMCCoD).
The latest development forms part of an investigation into suspected financial irregularities involving about GH¢55 million in public funds during the period under review.
Aboagye, a former Executive Secretary of the IMCCoD, was arrested by EOCO in July 2026 alongside Gerald Appiah, a former accountant at the Secretariat. The arrests followed investigations arising from a forensic audit covering the operations of the IMCCoD Secretariat between August 2022 and February 2025.
According to EOCO, the investigation concerns suspected misappropriation, misapplication, diversion and theft of public funds. The agency is also investigating suspected offences including conspiracy to steal, stealing, using public office for profit, causing financial loss to the state, dissipation of public funds, defrauding by false pretences and money laundering.
The reported freezing of the properties is part of efforts to preserve assets while the investigation continues. Earlier proceedings in the case had already resulted in the freezing of bank accounts and landed properties associated with Aboagye and other persons connected to the investigation.
A report published in August indicated that a High Court in Accra had confirmed an order freezing five bank accounts and four landed properties belonging to Aboagye. The properties reportedly included assets in the Eastern Region and Greater Accra Region.
EOCO’s investigation began after the current Executive Secretary of the IMCCoD petitioned the agency to examine findings from the forensic audit.
The anti-corruption agency said new findings that emerged during the investigation contributed to the decision to arrest Aboagye. EOCO also disclosed that he had previously been aware of the investigation and had reported to the agency in connection with the case.
Aboagye was arrested after returning to Ghana through the Kotoka International Airport in July. According to EOCO, immigration officials executed a stop order that had been placed on him and subsequently handed him over to investigators.
The former IMCCoD accountant, Gerald Appiah, was also arrested in connection with the investigation. EOCO said Appiah had voluntarily begun refunding some funds linked to the alleged offences but stressed that the repayments did not bring the investigation to an end or clear any suspect of wrongdoing.
EOCO has maintained that the investigation is being conducted in accordance with Ghanaian law and that the constitutional rights of all persons involved will be respected.
The latest reported seizure of 17 properties represents a further step in the asset-preservation aspect of the investigation as the agency continues to establish the circumstances surrounding the alleged financial irregularities.
No final determination of criminal liability has been made against Aboagye or any other person in connection with the case, and the investigation remains ongoing.
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