Reported by GhanaCrimes Newsroom·2 min read
The Commercial Court 5 Division of the High Court in Accra has granted an application by the Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, for the release of his passport, according to reports by and.
The passport had been held in the custody of the court registry as one of his bail conditions in an ongoing criminal trial in which he faces charges of allegedly causing financial loss to the state and money laundering. The case relates to legal representations he is reported to have made on behalf of SIC Savings and Loans Limited in a loan recovery matter, which the state alleges involved criminal conduct.
Mr Baffour Awuah has not been convicted, and the charges against him remain to be proved in court.
At the hearing on Thursday 12 November 2026, his lawyer, Samuel Atta Akyea, argued that the MP was not a flight risk. He told the court that, under parliamentary rules, an MP risks losing his seat if he fails to attend a required number of sittings, which counsel said was sufficient assurance that his client would return to Ghana.
The state, represented by Deputy Attorney-General Dr Justice Srem-Sai, did not oppose the application.
The presiding judge, Justice Charity Akosua Asem, granted the application and varied the bail condition that required the passport to remain with the court registry. that the order allows Mr Baffour Awuah to retrieve his passport while the criminal proceedings continue.
