The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dominic Ayine, has pushed back against claims that Ghana's investigative agencies are abusing the rights of citizens in the course of their anti-corruption work, particularly under the "Recover All Loots" initiative.
His comments were in direct response to concerns raised by Alhassan Tampuli, a member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs, over the high bail terms imposed by agencies such as the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).
Addressing the Committee, Ayine dismissed suggestions that the investigative agencies under his watch are overstepping their boundaries or infringing on the rights of suspects. "I don't want the impression to be given that those agencies under my watch that are in charge of the fight against corruption are abusing the rights of our citizens," he said.
He pointed out that the bail conditions reflect the magnitude of the financial crimes being investigated, often involving embezzled sums in the tens of millions of Ghana cedis. "When an organised crime office arrests somebody on suspicion of the commission of a crime and sets a bail, usually there will be an outcry that the bail terms are huge.
