{"id":391876,"date":"2018-01-16T06:03:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T06:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=391876"},"modified":"2018-01-16T06:03:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T06:03:37","slug":"ecs-opoku-amankwah-to-stay-home-for-14-days-after-clash-with-eoco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/ecs-opoku-amankwah-to-stay-home-for-14-days-after-clash-with-eoco\/","title":{"rendered":"EC’s Opoku Amankwah to stay home for 14-days after ‘clash’ with EOCO"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission in charge of Corporate Services, Georgina Opoku Amankwah, is expected to stay home for an additional 14 days after she forcefully resumed work on Monday, January 15, 2018, after being on leave for about six months.<\/p>\n
This is to allow the\u00a0 Economic and Organised Crime Office [EOCO], to compile its report on an investigation it carried out into the affairs of the Electoral Commission in relation to some missing sums of money in the Commission\u2019s Endowment Fund.<\/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 from the EC\u2019s Senior Staff Endowment Fund.<\/p>\n
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[contextly_sidebar id=”cOfDdqdcnTMzvPuXw9OV8wVbx6hYacl8″]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.<\/p>\n
There was drama at the premises of the EC on Monday after officials from EOCO led by their Director; ACP K.K. Amoah stormed the premises of the EC<\/strong><\/a><\/span> after picking intelligence that Madam Amankwah, had defied the directive to her and returned to her office.<\/p>\n Speaking on Eyewitness News<\/strong>, lawyer for Madam Amankwah, Nana Boakye Adu-Poku, said although the EOCO officials stormed his client\u2019s office in Rambo-style, they later requested for a meeting after which the 14-day grace period was agreed.<\/p>\n \u201cMy client came into her office resuming from her leave. She took her annual leave and came back. We had personnel from EOCO and the police come to her office, they came in a Rambo-style although she was not giving any form of force. Later they said they want to have a meeting with us. They came in more of a standoff but later asked for a meeting. They were asking for some time to come up with their report which we obliged to them. So we agreed to give them 14-days after which they will get back to us. She will stay out of office for 14 days.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Adu-Poku noted that, his client will return to her office if they don\u2019t receive any feedback from EOCO after the 14 days.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter the 14 days we will know what to do. If not then she will come back,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n