EOCO freezes COCOBOD Chairman's bank account

Ghanas Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has frozen the bank accounts of Mr. Daniel Ohene-Agyekum, the immediate past board chairman of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) for causing financial loss to the state.

COCOBOD regulates the marketing of cocoa in Ghana and also centers its functions on production, research, extension, internal and external marketing and quality control.

Mr. Ohene-Agyekum becomes the second person at COCOBOD to have his accounts frozen by EOCO.

Mr. Ohene Agyekum, who was Ghana’s former Ambassador to the United States and former Ashanti Regional Minister, was appointed board chairman of COCOBOD in January 2014.

On February 21, 2017, EOCO froze the accounts of the immediate past Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Dr. Stephen Opuni.

The two are being investigated for allegedly causing financial loss to the state.

EOCO, under its new Executive Director, ACP KK Amoah, recently sent invitations to some businessmen who won some contracts from COCOBOD.

One of the businessmen called by EOCO is Seidu Agongo, who was invited in connection with an ongoing investigation into shady COCOBOD contracts.

Ali Seidu and Kofi Job who did some business with COCOBOD were the first to be invited by EOCO regarding the contracts awarded them during the NDC (Ghana's former government) regime.