Vincent Ekow Assafuah, a member of Parliament for Old Tafo has warned the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that should the New Patriotic Party (NPP) return to the government they will also set a GH¢1 billion bail.
According to Vincent Assafuah, even if it takes the NPP 20 years to return to power, they will do the same.
He emphasised that they are still young people and they are closely observing everything happening to Chairman Wontumi.
The lawmaker who is also a lawyer, stated that a future NPP government will impose similar steep bail conditions on NDC appointees who will be brought before the law.
Speaking during a panel discussion on Hello FM, Vincent Ekow Assafuah stated, “If the NDC does not take care and the NPP returns to power, even if it’s in the next 20 years, we are young and we are witnessing everything that is happening.
When we arrest someone, we will also set a GH¢1 billion bail condition — because that is the law. Why are we turning our country into an undemocratic state, considering how far we’ve come?”
He added, “Power is transient. The NDC should be watchful… How can a state institution show such disrespect to a statesman like Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia? Why? The attempt to disgrace Dr Bawumia — if the NDC does not take care — may be reciprocated.”
His comment came on the back of Chairman Wontumi’s arrest by EOCO following a visit to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters on Tuesday, May 27 shortly after leaving the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters in Accra.
He was granted bail of GH₵50 million with two sureties on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, however, his legal team on Wednesday had not fully satisfied the conditions required to secure his release.
On 30 May 2025, the motion was filed at the High Court in Accra and was scheduled for hearing on Tuesday, 3 June.
However, the legal team formally withdrew the application seeking the review yesterday Monday 2 June.
This comes after Wontumi’s legal team on Friday, May 30 revealed that despite meeting the bail conditions, Wontumi’s release has been stalled due to a fresh legal application filed earlier in the day.
He explained, “My client is not going home tonight. We encountered a challenge that needs to be addressed before we can move forward”.
Unknown to me, an application was filed to frustrate what we are doing. We will deal with it on Monday. It is an application that was not filed by me, but it has prohibited his release.
We encountered some difficulties which will be sorted on Monday, then we will have a fresh slate to operate, and work towards the desired result,” Appiah-Kubi noted.
Meanwhile, Chairman Wontumi has since been released from EOCO custody after meeting his bail conditions yesterday June 2, 2025.
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Hon. Vincent Assafuah warned that if the NDC is not careful, they too might end up granting a GH¢1 billion bail when they come into power.
He added that even if it takes them 20 years to return to power, they will do the same, emphasizing that they are still young and closely… pic.twitter.com/AfWLoNZu8e
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