Officials of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) Monday January 15, 2018 stormed the offices of the Electoral Commission (EC) to remove the beleaguered Deputy Chairperson of the Commission in charge of Corporate Services, Georgina Opoku Amankwah from office.
Madam Opoku Amankwah reported to work Monday in defiance of a directive that asked her to proceed on leave in July 2017 to allow for investigations into the alleged disappearance of GH¢480,000.00 belonging to the commission.
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Her presence in the office, according to sources, brought about chaos as officials from EOCO and the Ghana Police Service besieged the EC to forcefully bundle her out of the office in compliance of the directive.
Madam Opoku Amankwah is also the subject of impeachment proceeding being heard by the five-member committee formed by the Chief Justice together with chairperson of the Commission Charlotte Osei and Deputy Chairperson in charge of Operations Amadu Sulley.
She has been home for the past seven months.
Mrs Amankwaa who has been on interdiction for several months now started work, Monday claiming she cannot be singled out for interdiction.
However, report says three operatives from EOCO made their way into the premises of the EC to force her out of office.
But she has resisted, insisting, the action by the EOCO is unconstitutional.
Listen to the Madam Amakwah
“I was there this afternoon when some two officers from EOCO came to my office and asked me to leave the office so that they can lock it up because I’m under investigations. I told them i was not prepared to leave the office and the only way they could accomplish their objective is by use of a bull-dozer,” she stated in a matter-of-fact tone.
“As am talking to you right now, they are still here but i have contacted my lawyers,” she added.
