Former Executive Secretary of the Free Zones Board, Kojo Twum Boafo, has reportedly returned a sum of $6,000 and €6,500 imprest to the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO).
Mr. Twum Boafo is under investigation by the anti-graft body and sources say the return of the funds which was part of a travel imprest does not mean he would be exonerated from possible prosecution.
Sources say he took the imprest when he was Secretary of the Free Zones Board and it came up during EOCO’s forensic audit into the operations of Board.
An imprest is a sum of money usually advanced to an individual for a specific purpose and restored to a fixed amount on a periodic basis.
DGN Online has learned that the amount Mr. Twum Boafo received as imprest in his capacity as the Executive Secretary of Free Zones was huge but initially ‘refused’ to return the unretired amount until the investigations by EOCO discovered the transaction.
He was then forced to return the overpaid imprest, apparently with the hope that that would exonerate him from prosecution.
Mr. Twum Boafo, a known vociferous member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), was appointed to head the Free Zones Board by former President John Mahama in 2013, after he had served in an acting capacity at that state agency.
His appointment raised eyebrows as suggestions were that, Mr. Mahama had a close working relationship with Mr. Twum Boafo throughout the four years of the Mills-Mahama administration.
DGN Online sources say the dockets on the forensic audits of the Free zones Board have been submitted to the Attorney General’s Department and that Mr. Twum Boafo is likely to be taken to court.
Source: Daily Guide
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indeed we are tired of these news. nobody will be jailed believe me. woyome is still walking freely so dont expect anyone to be jailed. i wish we dont even make the attempt to fight corruption bcos we are spending more to fight it than people are alleged to have stole. it makes absolutely no sense.
So all the noises this Kwaku ***barred word*** was making all not knowing he is a tthhieff in Ghanaian society. Pls EOCO+Special Prosecutor we are tired of reading these news without any action IT INCREASES SOME OF US OUR BLOOD PRESSURE, You guys should resign if you're paying just to throw news in the air without any action
I do not believe these stories anymore until i see someone really jailed.
kojo twum boafo son of bitch,you are out of the jute bag ready to be castrated.The Akuropong presby pastor you insulted and stopped going to church is watching you, can mahama save you? no,you will definately go to jail. Akuapims are tacked asrespected people in Ghanian society,but you are not one of them.You did not spare Nana Akuffo Addow who is half akuapim you washed him on the waves as if he had snatched your girl friend before ,time will tell.