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A member of the opposition New Patriotic Party's [NPP] Communication Team says the Interim Report on investigations into the GH�51 million paid to NDC bankroller, Alfred Agbesi Woyome conducted by the state investigative agency, the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), clearly shows President Mills� complicity in the entire saga. Mr. Kwabena Sarpong insists the disclosure by the Executive Director of EOCO, Mortey Akpadzi that President Mills, on two occasions asked that Mr. Woyome should not be paid but the directive violated and rebuffed twice and the payments made, indicated that the President has not been honest with the people of Ghana and must be questioned. The EOCO Boss, on Thursday presented an Interim Report to President Mills which stated that Mr. Woyome manipulated documents and information in order to receive what is now termed as �gargantuan� judgment debts paid to an individual. The report said Mr. Woyome rode on the negligence and complicity of public officials to dupe the state of �money which he was clearly not entitled to�, adding that an amount of GhC400, 000 was �paid to the wife of Mr. Nerquaye-Tetteh [Chief State Attorney ] on June 16, 2011� but failed to mention reasons behind that payment. Presenting the Interim Report to President Mills at the Osu, Castle, Mr Akpadzi revealed that President Mills intervened on two occasions to stop the payment of monies to the embattled NDC bankroller, but his directives were spurned by some officials hence the payment of the GhC51 million. Woyome, meanwhile, is in the grips of the law and has since been in the custody of the Ghana Police Service at its headquarters in Accra. He was arrested on Friday afternoon upon the orders of President John Mills in the interest of the nation, to ensure accountability and also to ensure the culpable punished.