Chairman Wontumi at the CID headquarters dressed in all white

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, arrived at the headquarters of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service in Accra on Monday, May 26, 2025, dressed in an all-white attire and appeared to be in high spirits.

Chairman Wontumi, as he is popularly known, was accompanied by the former Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, as he honoured an invitation extended to him by the state security agency.

In a video shared by Kwaku Dawuro, a journalist with Wontumi Media, Chairman Wontumi was seen being greeted by a group of individuals believed to be sympathisers who had gathered to show their support. Among them was the Ashanti Regional Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Yandoh.

He was escorted to the main entrance of the building, where he blew a kiss to his sympathisers before proceeding inside.

His visit to the CID headquarters follows a raid by security operatives at his residence on Friday, May 23, 2025.

Speaking in an interview with his media house, Wontumi Radio, on Friday, May 23, 2025, the NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman indicated that the security officials who stormed his house were from the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), adding that they were there to arrest him.

He indicated that before the attempted arrest, the Ghana Police Service had already invited him to their office, so he would resist any attempt of the NIB to arrest him.

“... I called Mr Offie (a police officer) and told him that on Monday, May 26,2025, we would report to his office. He told me that I should write a receiving note that I had accepted their invitation and added that I would be coming on Monday.

“I did what he asked me to do and gave (sic) them what they requested. Yet, when I woke up this morning, I saw a lot of people in front of my house saying the BNI boss in Kumasi had asked them to come for me. I told them that the police had already informed me that they needed me to assist with an investigation, and I have told them that I will be reporting to them on Monday - so why would he send for me?” Wontumi narrated in Twi.

“I told him no and that I was going to call the police officer. When I called the police, they said they had not sent any person to pick me up and that they are waiting for me to report on Monday,” he added.

It is not clear why the security officials were at Wontumi’s home, but the government recently suspended the mining licence of his company, Akonta Mining, accusing it of engaging in illegal mining activities in the Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve in the Western Region.

Chairman Wontumi has refuted the accusation, stating that he is being targeted because of his bid to run for the National Chairmanship position of the NPP.

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