Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has cried out on live TV over the Mahama-led government freezing his bank accounts.
According to Chairman Wontumi, he cannot even pay his children’s school fees and cannot buy food to eat.
Speaking on Wontumi TV, Chairman Wontumi cried out, “John Mahama it is becoming too many, you have frozen my account, and I cannot even pay my children’s school fees and can even buy food to eat, you are taking me through a lot. John Mahama what have Wontumi done, what have I done that you are coming after me?
We were born right here in Ghana and we will die in Ghana, what is the problem, first you made your minister hold a press conference about me on galamsey and I also responded that it is not true”.
He added, “Those galamsey areas, go and ask people in the town if they have seen me there before, no, I have a lease but I don’t even work there, the forest that you mention I don’t work there, I will not let anyone scare me. Take me to court you did not and now I have taken you to court. If you claim to have evidence let’s meet in court”.
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) froze all of Wontumi’s accounts.
The FIC, as per a document sighted is acting in accordance with Section 56(1) of the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2020.
“Freezing of accounts – 1. Bernard Antwi Boasiako (a.k.a. Chairman Wontumi) 2. Akonta Mining 3. Hallmark Civil Engineering Limited.
Meanwhile, the National Investigations Bureau (NIB) and the Ghana Police Service on Friday, May 23, 2025, stormed the residence of Chairman Wontumi to effect an arrest.
According to reports, the NIB has withdrawn its men following NPP supporters massing up at Wontumi’s residence.
Reports suggest the NIB left following an order for them to immediately withdraw all officers from the scene.
The reason for the National security presence remains unclear.
The atmosphere has since calmed but the NPP supporters continue to maintain a presence around the residence.
Chairman Wontumi in an earlier interview quizzed President John Dramani Mahama about why he froze his accounts.
According to Wontumi, he never served under Akufo-Addo’s administration, so why is the Mahama government attacking him?
Chairman Wontumi cried out that the way the Mahama government was handling him was not right.
He claimed that the John Mahama government personally hated him and accused him wrongly.
Watch the video below:
‘What exactly have I done?’ – Chairman Wontumi reacts as his bank accounts are allegedly frozen.
Video Credit : Wontumi TV
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