{"id":749890,"date":"2019-11-22T12:36:29","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T12:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/22\/eoco-detains-council-of-state-man-over-gh%c2%a2700m\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T12:36:29","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T12:36:29","slug":"eoco-detains-council-of-state-man-over-gh%c2%a2700m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/22\/eoco-detains-council-of-state-man-over-gh%c2%a2700m\/","title":{"rendered":"EOCO Detains Council Of State Man Over GH\u00a2700m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Nii Kotei Dzani<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) on Wednesday detained a Council of State Member and Founder and President of Groupe Ideal, Nii Kotei Dzani, for several hours before being released on bail.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest is in respect of some GH\u00a2700 million of depositors\u2019 funds believed to be unaccounted for at Ideal Finance Limited owned by Nii Kotei Dzani, which formed part of the Groupe Ideal.<\/p>\n<p>The Council of State man was invited by EOCO to assist them investigate following a case levelled against Ideal Finance Limited by some depositors.<\/p>\n<p>He then reported himself on Wednesday afternoon with his lawyers but was detained and kept at Cantonment Police Station for hours as part of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, he is being quizzed about how depositors\u2019 funds in excess of GH\u00a2700 million were utilized under his management.<\/p>\n<p>The EOCO Boss, COP (Rtd) Mr. Frank Adu Poku, confirmed the arrest and said Ideal Finance Limited is part of 62 other micro finance companies and saving and loans companies being investigated by EOCO for their involvement in mismanaging depositors\u2019 funds.<\/p>\n<p>He said EOCO in the course of its investigations had identified a common trend in the operations of most of the micro finance and savings and loans where their modus operandi have been to collect cash from depositors but are not able to pay them back when it is due.<\/p>\n<p>He said several of such cases had been reported to EOCO for investigations.<\/p>\n<p>He confirmed that Nii Kotei Dzani was detained for some hours on the orders of EOCO at the Cantonments Police Station in Accra, after he was unable to render accounts to EOCO and was later cautioned and granted bail to be reporting later.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>DAILY GUIDE<\/em><\/strong> checks showed that around 8:30 pm when the suspect was cautioned, the investigators discovered that the property documents brought for his release had already been used by another accused person in another case and so they were rejected.<\/p>\n<p>After 9 pm, lawyers of the suspect brought another property documents before he was cautioned and granted bail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ideal Groupe Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Nii Kotei Dzani issued a statement claiming that he was never arrested by the EOCO in spite of the confirmation by the EOCO boss.<\/p>\n<p>The statement signed by Ekow Blankson on behalf of the Corporate Communications Directorate of Groupe Ideal said, \u201cFor the record, this report is categorically false \u2026 Already, leadership of banks, finance houses, savings and loans companies and microfinances companies that have had their licences revoked by the Bank of Ghana as part of the financial sector reforms have been invited by EOCO and other investigative authorities as part of investigations into actions that led to the collapse of these institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNii Kotei Dzani reported last week and yesterday \u2026 at the offices of EOCO to aid the investigations. We are committed to the rule of law and at the end justice will prevail and we will be vindicated,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Linda Tenyah-Ayettey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(lindatenyah@gmail.com)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nii Kotei Dzani The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) on Wednesday detained a Council of State Member and Founder and President of Groupe Ideal, Nii Kotei Dzani, for several hours before being released on bail. 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