{"id":103841,"date":"2025-11-18T21:04:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=103841"},"modified":"2025-11-18T21:04:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:04:02","slug":"eoco-other-law-enforcement-agencies-arent-acting-arbitrarily-ag-defends-stringent-bail-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=103841","title":{"rendered":"EOCO, other law enforcement agencies aren\u2019t acting arbitrarily \u2013 AG defends stringent bail conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>1 Minute, 57 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><div>\n<p>The Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has defended the bail conditions imposed by investigative bodies on former government appointees being probed for alleged corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ayine explained that the conditions are not excessive but are necessary safeguards to ensure suspects remain available to stand trial. <\/p>\n<p>He made the clarification while responding to questions from Members of Parliament on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Economic and Organized Crime Office and other law enforcement agencies under my ministry\u00a0are not acting arbitrarily. Bail depends on the crime, the gravity of the crime.\u00a0And so what we are seeing now is that the sums involved in the criminal investigations are very\u00a0huge. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd because they are very huge, if you set very low bail conditions in terms of the sums,\u00a0the likelihood is that when the person, the suspect escapes or is unavailable to stand trial,\u00a0whatever you are able to extract in justification will not be able to upset the sum that is\u00a0involved, the criminal liability that is involved,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AG-EOCO-BAIL.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n<p>He cited examples where individuals are accused of causing financial loss to the state running into billions of cedis or stealing millions in public funds. In such cases, he argued, the bail sum must correspond to the magnitude of the alleged offense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, for instance, if you have a situation where\u00a0the suspect is accused of, let\u2019s say, causing financial loss to the state in the sum of\u00a0one billion Ghana cedis or stealing in the sum of 31.1 million Ghana cedis,\u00a0you cannot set bail terms that are unjustifiably low,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it is the magnitude\u00a0of the offenses we are dealing with that dictates that we set bail sums that reasonably justify the crimes that have been committed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Attorney General insisted that the approach is both fair and legally sound.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Speaker, there is nothing unjust or unfair\u00a0with respect to what is happening. 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