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A government white paper on a report presented by the Judgment Debt Commission directed the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) to investigate K.T Hammond on the disbursement of $900,000 from the sale of the drill ship which belonged to the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) .

Per the directive K T Hammond must account for the difference of $900,000 after the drill ship was sold at  $25 million to in 2001 to  defray a $19.5 million debt owed Societe-Generale Bank.

KT Hammond subsequently sued the government for directing the Economic and Organised Crime Unit (EOCO) to investigate him over the drill ship saga.

According to K.T. Hammond, the directive “is unconstitutional, unlawful and a violation of my fundamental human rights.”

But speaking at the launch of an outreach programme for Volta caucus nationwide at Fumso in the Ashanti Region, Mr Asiedu Nketia hinted that government is waiting for Mr Hammond to lose his seat and face the law.

“We now know K.T. Hammond’s smoothness level. So he is about to go on retirement, there is no doubt about that. When he’s on retirement, before he would have his peace of mind to enjoy his retirement, we will invite him to come and show us where the drill ship is,” he said.

"...This year, he would exit Parliament and after that we would arrest him and question him about the whereabouts of the drill ship,” Mr Nketia added.

The outreach programme, which was held in Mr Hammonds Adansi Asokwa Constituency, saw the inauguration of a special door-to-door campaign to increase the gains of the NDC in settler communities in the Ashanti Region.

Mr Asiedu Nketia urged party members to vote out the incumbent in the upcoming elections.