Dr Dominic Ayine the Attorney General has insisted that there was no raid on the house of the former Bank of Ghana Governor Dr Ernest Addison.
According to the Attorney General, a warrant was obtained and there was nothing illegal or unconstitutional about what they did.
He further revealed that if the media wants to see the warrant he could make it possible.
Reports emerged last week that the director of special operations at the National Security Secretariat, Richard Jakpa has led about 20 armed men to raid the home of former BoG Governor Ernest Addison.
According to reports, the raid occurred on Wednesday 19 March 2025 at around 5 am at Ernest Addison’s home in Accra.
The information gathered suggests Dr Addison was home when Richard Jakpa and his 20 armed men wielding AK-47 semi-automatic rifles raided his property.
The National Security immediately disabled the CCTV system at the property and demanded Dr Addison lead them to the vaults in his house.
Dr Addison later revealed he had no vaults or cache of cash at home.
The information gathered also suggests the National Security operatives later allegedly ransacked the house with no vault being found and no large amounts of cash were found.
Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Dr Ayine revealed, “There are limits to what you can do by saying that your house should not be searched. So we obtained warrants, and if the media wants, I can make those warrants available.
There was no raid on his house, and there was nothing illegal or unconstitutional about what we did … It was a constitutionally sanctioned search,” he asserted.
Dr Dominic Ayine further tackled the minority leader who made allegations against the search and accused the operatives of stealing some 10000 cedis and some jewellery.
“We have a recording of Dr Addison and what he said about the search. If the Hon. Afenyo-Markin is daring, we will make that recording available. He should desist from maligning law enforcement officers and myself for the work that we are doing,”
“Afenyo-Markin should not abuse his parliamentary immunity by labelling or defaming public officials who are carrying out legally sanctioned public business”, he added.
He further highlighted his role as the leader at the bar, Dr Ayine and assured the public of his commitment to acting ethically.
Dominic Ayine added, “I am the leader of the bar, and I will act in the best interests of the ethics of the profession. Everyone at the bar knows me for that, so I won’t do anything unethical”.
“I have advised both EOCO and National Security about staying within the bounds of the law when conducting investigations”, Dr Ayine affirmed.
