The Legal Counsel for LPG founder Kofi Akpaloo, Enoch Afoakwa, has stated that the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has not formally charged his client after his arrest.
According to Afoakwa, Akpaloo’s case involves a civil commercial dispute that is currently under investigation by EOCO.
He added that the case is also being followed before the Commercial Division of the High Court in Accra.
Akpaloo’s legal counsel also refuted widespread rumours that Akpaloo’s wife was also arrested.
Speaking on Adom FM Thursday, September 4, 2025, Afoakwa stated, “He has not been formally charged but has been cautioned on some offences they are investigating”.
“… It centers on a civil commercial dispute which I’m handling parts of and on behalf of Kofi Akpaloo before the High Court’s Commercial Division in Accra. It is the same case EOCO is investigating.
It centres on a civil commercial dispute between a private engagement he undertook. His wife isn’t part of the case but only Akpaloo, who is currently in the custody of EOCO,” he added.
Yesterday, September 3, 2025, news broke of EOCO picking up Kofi Akpaloo, the presidential candidate and leader of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG).
According to sources, Kofi Akpaloo was picked up by EOCO’s Surveillance and Asset Recovery unit (SARU).
The family of Kofi Akpaloo confirmed the news but did not disclose any reason for his detention.
The family sources revealed Kofi Akpaloo was picked up from his home in Kumasi.
According to them, they do not know his current whereabouts are unknown.
EOCO has yet to issue an official statement surrounding the arrest.
Meanwhile, Kofi Akpaloo was recently in the news when he shockingly stated that God used the helicopter crash as a reminder to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government not to lie to Ghanaian cocoa farmers.
According to Kofi Akpaloo, the NDC in opposition promised cocoa farmers they were going to raise a bag of cocoa to 7000 cedis, but only added 128 cedis to the bag of cocoa.
Speaking on Wontumi TV, Kofi Akpaloo shockingly claimed, “God is not asleep. You saw where the helicopter crash occurred? A cocoa farm. The cocoa farmer that they deceived, this is what happened. Someone will remember it one day. This is not politics. Everything that happens is God who makes it happen.
God used the cràsh as a reminder, don’t lie to cocoa farmers”.
He added, recounting an incident that happened to the now Health minister, Mintah Akandoh, “I told you about Akandoh. God knows he will become a health minister, so he made something small happen to him, and he was rushed to Kumasi. Go was telling him that if he became the Health Minister all health projects he should continue them because it is necessary”.
“You told the cocoa farmers you were going to give them GHC7000 when you came into office. They all placed their hope on you, and you only added 128 cedis to their money”, Kofi Akpaloo noted.
He added, “Then, in the morning, a plane carrying eight people crashed on a cocoa farm, killing them. Do you think it’s for nothing? Don’t take things for granted. God is reminding you, God is reminding you, don’t lie to them again.
This is not about politics. I am telling you as it is, you lied to them, the people who voted for Mahama. These were some of the lies they told them: they lied on the plane, they lied on the cocoa farm, and God is using this as a reminder to them”.
Reacting to his comments, Kwame Nkrumah Tikese on Ada Akye Abia stated he always knew Kofi Akpaloo had no wisdom.
He stated, “Kofi Akpaloo and the rest, I am pleading with you people, look for sensible things to say. If God does not help you, and you are a fool when you are young, when you grow up, you will still be a fool.
People have died, and the whole country is in mourning, and you go and sit on a radio station playing politics with this. Nonsense, that they were deceiving cocoa farmers, that is why they crashed in a cocoa farm”.
He added, “Foolish talks like things. He will come wrapped in cloth, telling Ghanaians to vote for him. In Ghana, we need to be examining people’s brains if they want to be president. For long, I have known that Kofi Akpaloo had no wisdom, but now is the time Ghanaians are learning about it”.