{"id":391822,"date":"2018-01-15T16:42:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T16:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=391822"},"modified":"2018-01-16T06:05:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T06:05:00","slug":"ecs-opoku-amankwah-fights-eoco-refuses-to-vacate-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/ecs-opoku-amankwah-fights-eoco-refuses-to-vacate-office\/","title":{"rendered":"EC’s Opoku Amankwah ‘fights’ EOCO, refuses to vacate office"},"content":{"rendered":"
Officials of the Economic and Organised Crimes Office, EOCO, led by the Director, ACP K.K. Amoah, today [Monday], stormed the offices of the Electoral Commission to forcefully remove\u00a0 a Deputy Chairperson of the Commission in charge of Corporate Services, Georgina Opoku Amankwah, who resumed full official duties in defiance of a directive that asked her to stay away.<\/p>\n
Madam Opoku Amankwah was directed to proceed on leave in July 2017, to enable investigations into the Ghc480,000 believed to have gone missing<\/a><\/strong><\/span> from the EC’s Senior Staff Endowment Fund.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”Gxy8JzaIKMzWpBB45trVKN3u91S6v6fP”]Last week, she notified the investigative body, EOCO, of her intention to resume work even though the body is yet to release findings of its investigations. Citi News<\/strong> confirmed the letter, and EOCO\u2019s receipt of same.<\/p>\n Sources close to the investigative body had also informed Citi News<\/strong> that EOCO was awaiting the advice of the Attorney General on how to proceed with its final report.<\/p>\n The Deputy EC Chairperson had thus been informed to wait a little longer as EOCO worked out its report. This response to the Madam Georgina Opoku Amankwah notwithstanding, she resumed duties today [Monday], after staying away for almost six months.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n She told Citi News<\/strong>‘ Kojo Agyeman that\u00a0<\/strong>she feels victimized since other Members of the Commission involved in the investigations are going about their official duties without hindrance.<\/p>\n Madam Amankwah has refused to leave her office, whiles three EOCO officials including the Director of EOCO, are behind her office doors seeking to get her out.<\/p>\n According to her, she received a call from the EOCO Boss this afternoon, asking why she had defied the earlier directive and reported to work.<\/p>\n The EOCO officials are standing by to lock up the office when she closes at 5:00pm, but the Madam Amankwah has as a result decided not to leave the office anytime soon.<\/p>\n