GLC should investigate Baffour Awuah not EOCO - NPP communicator

A member of the NPP Communications team, Ross Owusu, has challenged the Economic and Organised Crime Office’s (EOCO) decision to investigate Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah over his law firm’s dealings with SIC Life Savings & Loans, insisting that the matter falls under the jurisdiction of the General Legal Council (GLC). Speaking on New Day on TV3, Owusu argued that the allegations against the MP, particularly those relating to legal fees received by his former law firm, concern professional misconduct and should be handled by the body mandated by law to regulate lawyers. He said EOCO was exceeding its authority by pursuing the matter instead of allowing the GLC to investigate the conduct of the lawyer. “My position is that these matters are matters that respectfully bother on professional misconduct. If there is anything to even go by, that is if they even have a case, it is not within the remit of EOCO to investigate these matters,” he said. Owusu cited Section 1 of the Legal Profession Act, 1960 (Act 32), arguing that the General Legal Council has the legal authority to investigate complaints relating to the professional conduct of lawyers. “We have a body that has been established by law of this country to undertake it, and I’m telling you it is the General Legal Council that is mandated by law under Section 1 of Act 32 to undertake this investigation, and never EOCO,” he said. His comments come amid EOCO’s investigation into alleged unauthorised financial transactions at SIC Life Savings & Loans, which led to a High Court warrant authorising the arrest of Baffour Awuah on September 30, 2026. The investigation involves suspected financial loss, dissipation of public funds and money laundering, allegations the MP has not been convicted of. Baffour Awuah has maintained that his former law firm, Sarkodie Baffour Awuah & Partners, represented SIC Life in efforts to recover funds from Equity Savings & Loans and that a representative of the firm had already appeared before EOCO on three occasions to provide information. Owusu argued that if investigators have concerns about the fees charged by the law firm for its services, the appropriate course is to refer the matter to the GLC. “What I am saying to you is that if EOCO finds problem with the amount of money that the lawyer charged for his services rendered to SIC Savings and Loans, the remedy does not lie with EOCO. It lies with the General Legal Council to invite Honourable Baffour Awuah,” he said. Source: mynewsgh.com
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