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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the Minority Caucus in Parliament are set to gather at the offices of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) today, Monday, July 7, to protest the continued detention of former CEO of the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO), Abdul-Wahab Hanan.
According to the NPP, EOCO has breached Hanan’s human rights by keeping him in custody despite claims that the conditions for his bail have already been met.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s *Newsroom* on Sunday, NPP National Youth Organiser Salam Mustapha criticised EOCO’s handling of the case, urging the agency to pursue legal action through the courts rather than detain the former official unnecessarily.
“If Hanan has done something wrong, put him before a court and let him have his day,” he said. “We will go to the EOCO office together with some MPs, party sympathisers, and executives to ask why he is still being kept when the conditions you set have been fulfilled.”
Mustapha further expressed frustration over what he described as punitive detention, citing EOCO’s failure to communicate or respond to attempts to secure Hanan’s release.
“The evaluation report that we have far exceeds the bail conditions. After everything was completed, we called Raymond Archer and his deputies, but none of them picked up. So, the young man is being punished, and we don’t even know why.”
Abdul-Wahab Hanan was arrested by EOCO on June 25, alongside his wife, over allegations of financial crimes. His wife has since been granted bail set at GH¢30 million, while Hanan remains in custody, reportedly yet to fully satisfy the GH¢60 million bail conditions.
The arrest forms part of a broader investigation into alleged economic crimes at NAFCO, with a third unnamed individual also detained during a coordinated operation in Accra and Tamale.
