The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi Bosiako commonly known as Chairman Wontumi has been finally released from EOCO custody.
According to reports, Wontumi has been released following his meeting bail condition.
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.
The Director of Legal Affairs for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gary Nimako Marfo has withdrawn the application filed to vary the bail conditions of Bernard Antwi Boasiko, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP popularly known as Chairman Wontumi.
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 today 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.
In a related story, 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.
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— Metro TV Ghana (@metrotvgh) June 2, 2025
