[ 2011-05-13 ]

Officials of EOCO carted away computer system units and other documents

Court slaps GHS50,000 on EOCO over GFA raid
The Human Rights Court in Accra has slapped
GHS50,000 damages on the Economic and Organised
Crimes Office (EOCO) for its raid on the premises
of the Ghana Football Association in December last
year.

The anti-graft unit with an ex-parte court warrant
broke into the offices of the FA and made away
with nine Central Processing Units, documents and
other files ostensibly to investigate alleged
corruption and breaches of the country’s laws by
the FA.

The action provoked a huge controversy with the FA
officials vehemently vilifying the EOCO for
illegally breaking into a private property.

The EOCO boss, Mordey Akpadie, said the raid was
well within the remit of the EOCO adding, “We
are a law enforcement agency. We work within the
law. We don’t negotiate the law."

But a ruling by Justice Peter Derry on Friday said
the EOCO had exceeded its statutory mandate and
ordered the payment of 50,000 Ghana Cedis to the
plaintiff - GFA.

Counsel for the GFA, Thadeus Sory told Joy News he
is satisfied with the verdict by the court.

He stressed the ruling is a vindication of their
long held position.

“There are few points that we would have wanted
the court to make pronouncements on in our favour
which we would not want to discuss. But once the
court has made pronouncements, they should be
guided by those pronouncement,” he said.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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