Senior figures within the New Patriotic Occasion (NPP) are reportedly arranging a proper delegation to go to President John Dramani Mahama and provide an official apology on behalf of the get together’s Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly often called Chairman Wontumi.
This revelation comes from Dr Nana Ayew Afriye, Member of Parliament for Effiduase-Asokore, as Chairman Wontumi faces ongoing investigation by the Financial and Organised Crime Workplace (EOCO) over allegations of economic misconduct, together with fraud and cash laundering prices.
Throughout a Tuesday, June 10 interview on Channel One TV, Dr. Ayew Afriye made vital claims concerning the forces behind Chairman Wontumi’s current legal predicament, suggesting high-level political involvement within the case.
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For Chairman Wontumi’s case, we’ll beg. The hand behind that is greater than the individuals who run EOCO and the intelligence companies. I’ll put it on the doorstep of President Mahama.
Wontumi went overboard in a few of his movies. And I performed a whole lot of them to indicate him on June 9. I informed him we’ll go and beg – even when now we have to kneel earlier than President Mahama – and inform him that Wontumi crossed the road with these movies
Acknowledgement of wrongdoing
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Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly often called Chairman Wontumi,
The MP confirmed that Chairman Wontumi has accepted accountability for controversial statements made in broadly distributed video recordings through the lead-up to the 2024 elections.
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Dr Afriye indicated that the regional chairman recognises the inappropriate and private nature of his earlier feedback.
The Effiduase-Asokore legislator emphasised the significance of humble management in addressing the state of affairs whereas drawing distinctions between acceptable political discourse and unacceptable private assaults.
Dr Afriye pressured that though political competitors and rivalry are pure components of democratic engagement, private assaults based on false info cross moral boundaries and can’t be tolerated inside get together conduct.
Authorized developments
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Chairman Wontumi’s authorized state of affairs has seen current developments, with EOCO releasing him on June 2 following his compliance with established bail situations.
On the identical date, his authorized representatives formally withdrew their movement difficult the GH¢50 million bail requirement that the court docket had imposed.
The withdrawal of the enchantment movement suggests a strategic shift within the authorized group’s strategy to dealing with the case, as investigations into the monetary crime allegations proceed.
