News desk report
Former flagbearer of the Liberal Party of Ghana(LPG), Percival Kofi Akpaloo has filed a judicial review application at the Kumasi High Court seeking to halt the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO’s) investigations into an alleged three million Ghana cedis defrauding of a private company.
Through his lawyer, Kwame Adofo Esq. Mr. Akpaloo insists on a suit in kumasi High Court that the case is a private one and that EOCO is engaging in an illegality.
“They have exceeded their jurisdiction in terms of cases to investigate and prosecute,” the filed suit stated.
Mr. Akpaloo is praying to the court to establish that the EOCO Act 804 does not allow the outfit to prosecute or investigate cases involving an alleged stealing of private persons’ properties.
He further argues that it constitutes an institutional overreach as EOCO had no business freezing his assets, including his accounts and taking away his passport.
Portions of reliefs in the court review application read, “Declaration that the decision of Respondent (EOCO) to investigate the Applicants for stealing of a private person’s property is unlawful and is in violation of the Economic and Organised Crime Act 2010 (Act 804). ”
The case began when a petition was sent to the Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID’s) office by one Akua Pomaa on March 27, 2025.
As part of the exhibits in the review application, a titled Exhibit A had the details of a petition to the CID which said, “I humbly petition your esteemed office against First Bank Ghana Limited, Percival Kofi Akpaloo and Delvin Akpaloo for defrauding Pomaa Universal Ghana Limited of which I am the CEO, to the tune of Three Million, One Hundred and Sixty-Nine Thousand, Four Hundred and Thirty-Two Ghana Cedis, Twenty-two Pesewas( GH₵3,169,432.22).”
In his sworn affidavit to the High Court, Mr. Akpaloo alleges that the petition was received by the CID, who invited him to deliver a statement on April 9, 2025.
He says the outfit gave him a copy of Akua Pomaa’s petition.
But days after, armed men wearing “balaclava” entered his house and forcibly arrested him at his home in Sokoban, Kumasi. He was sent to EOCO’s office in Accra, where he was told the anti-graft agency is investigating the same petition Akua Pomaa sent the CID.
“That on 3 September 2025, I was at my house at Sokoban, Kumasi, when several armed men wearing balaclava forcibly entered my house and arrested me. They told me to follow them, and they bangled me into a pickup vehicle and drove me to Accra.” He said.
According to lawyer Adofo even though his client is not afraid to face charges from EOCO, he believes that state agencies must not be allowed to investigate matters that do not fall under their legal mandate.
Interestingly, Even though Mr. Akpaloo has argued that EOCO has no power to either prosecute or investigate him, the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine told the media at the Government Accountability series that his office would move to prosecute the case as part of the Operation Recover All Loots(ORAL) cases.
The review is scheduled to be heard at the High Court on 19 May 2026.
