Majority Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has rejected the Minority's demand for the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine, to appear before Parliament to explain the arrest and detention of Dennis Miracles Aboagye.

Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, Dafeamekpor argued that the Minority Leader had no basis to request the Attorney General's appearance over an ongoing investigation that was conducted by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).

According to him, the investigative body had spent a year probing the matter, inviting the suspects, and making what he described as a prima facie determination before effecting an arrest, which could eventually lead to prosecution.

"The Minority Leader has no right under the sun to suggest that where an investigative body has conducted a year-long investigation into a matter, has invited the suspects, and now has made a prima facie determination and is effecting an arrest that may possibly lead to prosecution, we should invite the Attorney General to come and respond to what?" he questioned.

Dafeamekpor also accused the Minority of taking an inconsistent position on public accountability.

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He recalled that the Minority had previously urged politicians to hold public officials accountable for their actions but were now defending a public office holder facing investigation.

"Is it not the same man who stands on this floor encouraging us that we as politicians should be careful and that it is the public servants who do all the things that we get blamed for? And today, when the public servant is being blamed, you are saying that he shouldn't be blamed?" he asked.

While acknowledging that political disagreements are inevitable, Dafeamekpor insisted Parliament should not entertain what he described as attempts to shield individuals from accountability.

"So, by all means, we can do politics, but some of the things, Mr Speaker, must not be countenanced on this floor," he stated.

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