General News of Saturday, 30 November 2019Source: classfmonline.comEOCO probe: Domelevo runs to courtAuditor-General, Daniel DomelovoGhana’s Auditor-General has prayed the court to stop the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) from investigating him over alleged procurement breaches, since, in his view, that investigative mandate has been taken from EOCO and given to the Office of the Special Prosecutor. EOCO recently launched a full-scale investigation into alleged procurement breaches by Mr Domelevo in the purchase of some vehicles for the Audit Service. A private citizen lodged a complaint with the state investigative body against the Auditor-General, the Deputy Auditor-General (Finance and Administration), Mrs Roberta Assiamah-Appiah, and the Audit Service Board, accusing them of circumventing the procurement laws in procuring some vehicles for the Audit Service. According to the statement, Section 79 of the Special Prosecutor Act, Act 959, is limited to corruption-related offences under the category of the serious offence of the EOCO Act. “It does not oust the jurisdiction of EOCO from investigating other serious offences that are not necessarily of a corruption-related nature,” it added.

Source: GhanaWeb November 30, 2019 14:03 UTC