Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has questioned what additional purpose the arrest warrant issued for Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah will serve, saying he does not see what it adds to the usual arrest process.

An Accra High Court on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, granted the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) a warrant to arrest the MP as part of an ongoing investigation. EOCO had told the court that it had exhausted reasonable means of securing his voluntary attendance.

But Kpebu said the significance of the warrant was not immediately clear to him.

“It’s not clear to me at this stage what the arrest warrant would do, what extra thing it would do,” he said in an interview on Joy News.

He explained that in Ghana, the police and other law enforcement agencies often secure arrests or attendance without first obtaining warrants, including by inviting suspects to appear before them.

“In Ghana, most of the arrests we do, the police do verbal, okay, that they will just invite you, come over this, or they go to your house and do this,” he said.

Kpebu acknowledged that the use of an arrest warrant could represent an improvement in law enforcement practice, but questioned whether such an approach would eventually become standard for ordinary citizens.

“Yes, as a society we are improving, so we want arrest warrant, so maybe we can say this one is an improvement, but the question is, will it be extended to all citizens?” he asked.

His comments come a week after an earlier attempt by EOCO officers to arrest Baffour Awuah at the Accra High Court was not completed after the situation escalated.

EOCO later said the attempted arrest followed two invitations issued to the MP in February to assist with an ongoing investigation.

Kpebu said his view could change as more facts emerge, stressing that the matter was still developing.

“Sometimes you don’t know all the facts, so some of the comments you make may later be revised,” he said.