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Latest information available to The aL-hAJJ indicates that the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has commenced investigations into the alleged operation of a “secret account” by some officials of the opposition New Patriotic Party.

This paper can confirm that the CID has officially written to the National Chairman of the NPP, Paul Afoko, and General Secretary, Kwabena Agyei Agyapong, inviting them to assist in investigations into the so-called operation of a “secret account” at the Trust Towers Branch of ECOBANK.

This move follows official complaint lodged at the Headquarters of the CID over the contentious account by Communications Director of NPP appendage group “Save NPP Now”, Baah Acheamfour.

Mr Baah Acheamfour recently wrote to the CID to probe the ongoing feud among the top executives of the NPP over allegations that some top officers of the NPP were operating a secret account which until recently, was believed have been kept away from the National Chairman and General Secretary.

Parts of Mr. Baah Acheamfour’s complaint to the CID reads “I write to bring to your urgent attention some strange transactions with regards to the operation of the New Patriotic Party’s account with Ecobank Gh Limited, Trust Towers Branch, Accra by some National Executives of my party namely…
My suspicion of Fraud…, have been occasioned by the illegal activating and suspected connivance with Ecobank to operate the said account without the attention of the constitutionally mandated procedures and signatories of the party’s account.”

As part of moves to investigate Baah Acheamfour’s claims, sources at the CID headquarters confirmed to The aL-hAJJ that, the CID has officially written to Paul Afoko and Kwabena Agyapong, inviting them to assist the police in investigations into the said account.

When The aL-hAJJ contacted Mr. Baah Acheamfour, he confirmed lodging a complaint with the Police and that, the CID has indeed written to the National Chairman and General Secretary “to come and write statements of their knowledge about the matter, after which the named executives allegedly involved would also be invited for interrogation.”

“My claim to the CID was that Paul and Kwabena had no knowledge of the account and that I suspect fraud in the manner in which two party officials operated the account…as first step the CID has invited Paul and Kwabena to authenticate they had no knowledge of the said account until recently,” he stated.

He added that “I have checked from Paul and Kwabena’s office and I can tell you that they have received the invitation. As I said, after Paul and Kwabena have given their statements, the CID will proceed with the investigation by inviting the two party officers I mentioned earlier.”

According to him, he has been happy about the way the CID is handling the issue, saying “what the CID has done shows how serious they are when it comes to fighting crime, and I must commend them for that.”