[ 2017-02-10 ]

Lawyer K.K Amoah is new EOCO boss

K.K Amoah heads EOCO
An Accra-based lawyer K.K Amoah has been appointed
by the President as the new Executive Director of
the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO).

KK, as he is fondly called, is a dyed-in-the-wool
detective, who started his policing career from
the bottom of the service, rising to the enviable
rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police.

During his career in the Ghana Police Service, he
served in many parts of the country and handled
many critical cases.

His appointment suggests the seriousness with
which the President attaches to the work of the
office and how much he wants it to cover, given
the many suspected cases of economic crimes
committed by public officers.

Information reaching DAILY GUIDE suggests that K.K
Amoah has already held a meeting with his staff
during which he implored them to work hard in the
interest of the nation.

His appointment follows the recent dismissal of
Justice Tsar Yao by President Nana Akufo-Addo.
Justice Tsar, one of the Deputy Executive
Directors of EOCO, was appointed Acting Executive
Director to replace Biadela Kweku Mortey Akpadzi,
whose post-retirement contract expired.

Justice Tsar’s appointment was confirmed last
year but by December he hit the retirement age of
60 following which President John Mahama extended
his contract.

The contract attracted public discourse with many
questioning the propriety of the action, given the
fact President John Mahama had come to the end of
his presidency and should not have gone on that
path.

Justice Tsar’s handling of former President John
Mahama’s alleged Ford Explorer gift from a
Burkinabe contractor incurred the displeasure of
many Ghanaians who asked whether the agency could
really be non-aligned in its judgements.

With the suspected cases of economic crimes
against the state, K.K Amoah would especially come
under the public radar, as the days elapse.

Source - dailyguideafrica.com

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