NPP, Minority Caucus marches to EOCO TODAY to free Abdul-Wahab

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the Minority in Parliament are expected to march today, Monday, July 7, 2025, to the offices of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) in protest of what they call the unlawful and punitive detention of former National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) CEO, Abdul-Wahab Hanan.

The protest comes after EOCO allegedly refused to release Hanan, despite his reported compliance with bail conditions following his arrest over alleged financial crimes.

Speaking on Channel One TV’s Newsroom on Sunday, NPP National Youth Organiser Salam Mustapha criticised EOCO for violating due process and called for Hanan to be either charged in court or released.

“If Hanan has done something wrong, put him before a court of law and let him have his day,” he said.

“We will go to the EOCO office together with some MPs, party sympathisers, and executives, and ask why. We want to know why he is still being kept in the station when the conditions that you put on him have been met.”

Mustapha described the continued detention as unacceptable and accused EOCO officials of refusing to communicate.

“The evaluation report that we have far exceeds those bail conditions. When everything was finished, we called Raymond Archer, his deputies to come and just go through and grant the young man bail to go home. None of them picked up their phone calls,” he stated. “So, he has been left there as punishment for exactly what we do not know.”

Abdul-Wahab Hanan was arrested on June 25, along with his wife, as part of EOCO’s investigations into alleged economic crimes at NAFCO. His wife was granted bail set at GH¢30 million, while Hanan remains in custody over issues related to meeting his GH¢60 million bail conditions.

A third, unnamed individual believed to be connected to the case was also arrested during coordinated operations in Accra and Tamale.

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