I told EOCO to arrest Manhyia South MP – Mustapha Gbande

Speaking in an interview on JoyNews Pulse, he explained that he made the statement from a security perspective, arguing that no individual should defy an invitation from a law enforcement agency and challenge the agency to arrest them.“There’s no law that says that when a law enforcement agency is doing its work, it should come to media houses and tell them that I’m going to arrest somebody,” he said.

Background to Baffour Awuah’s arrest The controversy involving Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah began on September 23, 2026, when EOCO officials attempted to take him into custody at the Accra High Court.