A member of the legal team for the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, Enoch Afoakwa has stated they will respond when charges are filed against their client.
According to Enoch Afoakwa, Wontumi has a reasonable defence to respond to any charges that may arise from ongoing investigations.
Chairman Wontumi was finally released from EOCO custody after meeting his bail conditions.
Justin Kodua, the NPP General Secretary confirmed his release on the evening of Monday, June 2, in an interview with the media.
Chairman Wontumi was arrested 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.
Speaking on Channel One, Enoch Afoakwa stated, “Every reasonable person facing a law enforcement agency who is diligent in his dealings and believes in his actions has a reasonable defence to the allegations that is being peddled or that has been levelled against him, of which he is being investigated upon.
“This is an aspect that we don’t want to put our cast out. We await the official charge from the law enforcement officers if they really want to proceed on that tangent, then from there we will know what actions we will take,” he stated.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Justice Srem-Sai has revealed that Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi is under investigation for fraud, causing financial loss to the state, and money laundering.
Justice Srem-Sai also revealed that Wontumi is also being investigated for an International organised crime scheme.
The Deputy Attorney General noted that EOCO is assiduously working with our international law enforcement partners on the second strand of criminal investigations.
According to Justice Srem-Sai, the ongoing investigation is being handled by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), with asset recovery efforts already underway to secure suspected proceeds of crime.
