Parliament Can’t Review Bail Decisions – Deputy Speaker on Wontumi Saga

Minority MPs Resume Parliamentary Duties After Walkout Over Wontumi's Detention

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has returned to the House just a day after staging a dramatic walkout in protest of what they described as harsh and politically motivated bail conditions imposed on NPP’s Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi. Wontumi was arrested by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) on Tuesday, May 27, and has since remained in custody despite being granted bail set…

FBI, INTERPOL investigating Chairman Wontumi?

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 an International organised crime scheme. Justice Srem-Sai noted that EOCO is assiduously working with Ghana’s international law enforcement partners on the second strand of criminal investigations. See More ❯ The post FBI, INTERPOL investigating Chairman Wontumi? appeared …

Wontumi Detention: We Won’t Walk Away • Minority Stages Street Protest At EOCO

Economic and Organised Crime Office   Members of the Minority in Parliament yesterday staged a dramatic walkout and subsequently picketed at the premises of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), protesting what they described as unjust, excessive, and politically motivated bail conditions imposed on the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi. The Members o…

Parliament can’t review bail decisions – Deputy Speaker on Wontumi saga

First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Bernard Ahiafor, has advised the Minority in Parliament to seek legal redress in court over the continued detention of Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi. Chairman Wontumi, who serves as the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), is currently in the custody of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) following his arrest on charges related to fraud, money lau…

Release Wontumi on self-recognisance bail - Afenyo-Markin - Ghana Business News

Chairman Wontumi Minority Leader, Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin has appealed to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to release New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman, Mr Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, on self-recognisance bail. “Wontumi must be freed now. He is not going to run away. He will make himself available. He should be admitted to self-recognisance bail,” he said. Osahen Afenyo-Ma…

Minority MPs sit on floor at EOCO over Wontumi bail protest

Minority member of Parliament escalated their protest on Thursday, May 29, by sitting on the bare floor at the entrance of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) in Accra. They condemned what they describe as harsh and unjust bail conditions imposed on NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi. A white pick-up car, part of the protest, blocked a police riot control vehicle outside the EOCO …