A/R: NPP’s Regional Organizer Demands Wontumi’s Release
Dr. Francis Adomako, the Ashanti Regional Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has called for the release of the party’s Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, who remains in the custody of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO). His demand comes after Chairman Wontumi’s legal team formally withdrew a motion that sought a review of his GH¢50 million bail condition. The motion, originally filed at the High Court in Accra on May 30, 2025, was slated for hearing on Tuesday, June 3. However, it was withdrawn a day earlier on Monday, June 2.
Chairman Wontumi had challenged the bail terms imposed by EOCO, describing them as excessive and obstructive to his release. His lawyers argued that the conditions had already been satisfied. Speaking to the media, Dr. Adomako questioned why Wontumi remained in EOCO custody despite meeting the bail requirements and withdrawing the motion. We don’t know what is keeping our regional chairman in EOCO, he said. They are making things too complicated. They demanded huge bail conditions, which have been satisfied. The bail review application has been withdrawn. What is left again? All that we want to see is that they have released our chairman; other than that, we’re not leaving.
Wontumi is currently under investigation by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) over alleged money laundering, fraud, and other financial crimes. He was arrested and granted bail by EOCO on May 28, 2025, to the tune of GH¢50 million with two justified sureties. Although his legal team initially struggled to meet the bail conditions, his lawyer Andy Appiah-Kubi confirmed on Friday, May 30, that Wontumi had fully complied with all requirements, including securing the two sureties.
However, a new legal challenge has delayed his release. We encountered some difficulties which will be sorted out on Monday, June 2. We will work towards the desired results. I will stay out of politics and the theatrics and do what is within the law, Appiah-Kubi said. The embattled NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman on Monday, June 2, withdrew his legal challenge to the bail conditions imposed on him by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) in a bid to fast-track his release.
