NDC Deputy General Secretary Mustapha Gbande has denied ordering the arrest of Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, saying he only argued that the MP should cooperate with EOCO.

“I did not say that I ordered the arrest of the Manhyia South MP. I said he should do well to arrest him,” Gbande said in an interview on Asempa FM.

He criticised Awuah for challenging EOCO to arrest him, describing such conduct as inappropriate.

“How did we get to a point where a citizen can tell an enforcement agency, ‘I dare you to come and arrest me’?” he asked.

Gbande said Awuah should have appeared before EOCO despite his concerns about the manner in which the agency initially attempted to arrest him.

“However wrong the mode of arrest was, the lawyer owed it to himself the duty to apply superior emotional intelligence. As an MP, if you are invited, go there,” he said.

He added that the confrontation with the EOCO official was unfortunate but said Awuah should have gone to the agency afterwards.

“The spectacle with the EOCO official was unfortunate, but after that I expected him to go to EOCO. Why would you wait until an order is procured for your arrest?” he asked.