Daniel Yao Domelevo
The Auditor General, Daniel Yao Domelevo, has been
reportedly granted bail by the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) in an
ongoing trial over alleged procurement malpractices.
The trial is in relation to alleged procurement breaches in respect
of some vehicles procured by the Ghana Audit Service (GAS) in 2018.
Mr. Domelevo, in a November 18 letter addressed to the acting
Executive Director of EOCO, bemoaned his woes at the hands of EOCO.
He narrated in the letter that for close to four weeks now, EOCO had
been inviting officers of GAS including himself on the premise of investigating
the alleged procurement malpractices.
“I was personally invited by a letter dated November 7, 2019 which
invitation I honoured out of respect for your office on November 14, 2019 only
to be cautioned by your officers and asked for a caution statement which I
gave,” his letter sighted by DAILY GUIDE read.
“I had to be granted bail – thanks to my driver – before I was allowed
to leave your premises,” it added.
In the letter, the Auditor General argued forcefully that EOCO does
not have the jurisdiction to investigate corruption-related offences which have
been defined in Act 959 to include breaches of procurement.
He further argued in the letter that “it is quite bizarre and unfathomable why your office would purport to be investigating procurement breaches when in fact it does not have any legal authority to do so unless there are any hidden or ill motives behind your actions.”
BY Melvin Tarlue
