The Financial and Organised Crime Workplace (EOCO) has arrested the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Social gathering (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly generally known as Chairman Wontumi.
The arrest occurred shortly after he left the Prison Investigations Division (CID) headquarters in Accra on Tuesday.
Confirming the event in an interview on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen, the Ashanti Regional NPP Communications Director, Paul Yandoh, stated Chairman Wontumi is presently in EOCO custody and has been denied entry to his authorized crew.
“One in every of his attorneys, Andy Appiah-Kubi, who was with him on the time of arrest, was prevented from following him,” Yandoh claimed.
The explanations behind the arrest stay unclear at the moment.
Chairman Wontumi had earlier reported to the CID for additional questioning over alleged involvement in unlawful mining actions, together with mining in forest reserves and getting into protected areas with out correct authorisation.
Supply: Adomonline
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