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The Human Rights Court in Accra has slapped GHS50,000 damages on the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) for its raid on the premises of the Ghana Football Association in December last year.The anti-graft unit with an ex-parte court warrant broke into the offices of the FA and made away with nine system units, documents and other files ostensibly to investigate alleged corruption and breaches of the country’s laws by the FA.The action provoked a huge controversy with the FA officials vehemently vilifying the EOCO for illegally breaking into a private property.The EOCO boss, Mordey Akpadie, said the raid was well within the remit of the EOCO adding, “We are a law enforcement agency. We work within the law. We don’t negotiate the law."But a ruling by Justice Peter Derry on Friday said the EOCO had exceeded its statutory mandate and ordered the payment of 50,000 Ghana Cedis to the plaintiff - GFA.Counsel for the GFA, Thadeus Sory told Joy News he is satisfied with the verdict by the court.He stressed the ruling is a vindication of their long held position.“There are few points that we would have wanted the court to make pronouncements on in our favour which we would not want to discuss. But once the court has made pronouncements, they should be guided by those pronouncement,” he said.Story by Nathan Gadugah/Myjoyonlie.com/Ghana
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