The minority caucus in Parliament is set to March to the office of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) on Monday, July 7, 2025, in protest over what they describe as unlawful and punitive detention of Abdul-Wahab Hanan, former National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO).
The protest by the minority caucus comes after EOCO refused to release Hanan despite meeting the bail conditions set after his arrest over financial allegations.
The New Patriotic Party's National Youth Organiser, Salam Mustapha, strongly criticized EOCO for flouting due process and called on the agency to either process the former NACOF CEO or discharge him.
Abdul-Wahab Hanan was arrested on June 25 along with his wife, as part of EOCO’s investigations into alleged economic crimes at NAFCO. His wife has since been granted bail set at GH¢30 million, while Hanan remains in custody, still to satisfy the full terms of his GH¢60 million bail.
The arrest, which took place simultaneously in Accra and Tamale, also led to the detention of a third, unnamed individual believed to be linked to the investigation.
Speaking on Channel One TV on Sunday, July 6, 2025, Salam Mustapha said, “If Hanan has done something wrong, put him before a court of law and let him have his day.”
He added, “We will go to the EOCO office together with some MPs, party sympathizers, and executives, and ask why. We want to know why he is still being kept in the station when the conditions that you put on him have been met.”
According to the National Youth Organiser, the detention of Abdul Wahab Hanan is unacceptable, accusing EOCO of deliberately refusing to communicate.
“The evaluation report that we have far exceeds those bail conditions. When everything was finished, we called Raymond Archer, his deputies to come and just go through and grant the young man bail to go home. None of them picked up their phone calls,” he said. “So, he has been left there as punishment for exactly what we do not know.”
