ALFRED AGBESI WOYOME vs. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ECONOMIC AND ORGANIZED CRIME OFFICE, OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE, ACCRA

F.G. KORBIEH, J.A. The brief facts of the case leading to this appeal are as follows. In exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 33 of the Economic and Organized Crime Act, 2010 (Act 804), the Executive Director of the Economic and Organized Crime Office froze bank account no. 116100009158 belonging to Alfred Agbesi Woyome (the respondent/appellant herein) at the Head Office branch of the Agricultural Development Bank. He wrote a letter dated 22/12/2011 to the Head of the Banking Supervision Division of the Bank of Ghana informing him/her of that fact. In the said letter the Executive Director also directed the said Head of the Banking Supervision Division “to freeze forthwith all other bank accounts, financial assets and other assets belonging to Alfred Agbesi Woyome in all other Banks which have not been disclosed to this Office to facilitate the investigations” that the Executive Director had launched into the operations of the said Alfred Agbesi. Woyome. Subsequentl...