The Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has warned that a future New Patriotic Party (NPP) government may deal ruthlessly with members of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) found to have engaged in alleged corrupt acts, just as is currently being done to the NPP’s Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi.

According to him, a future NPP administration will reciprocate the same harsh and inhumane treatment being meted out to Chairman Wontumi against any NDC appointee found to have violated the law.

His comments follow the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO)’s imposition of a bail condition of GH¢50 million with two sureties to be justified for Chairman Wontumi, who is currently under criminal investigation.

The NPP’s 2024 presidential flagbearer and former Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, also criticized the bail conditions imposed on Wontumi, describing them as “onerous.”

“I must put on record that the bail conditions set for Chairman Wontumi — GH¢50 million — are very onerous. I don’t know how many people in Ghana own property worth that amount. It appears designed to delay his release,” he remarked.

Speaking during a panel discussion on Hello FM, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, who is also a lawyer, stated that a future NPP government will impose similar exorbitant bail conditions on NDC appointees who are brought before the law.

“If the NDC does not take care and the NPP returns to power, even if it’s in the next 20 years, we are young and we are witnessing everything that is happening. When we arrest someone, we will also set a GH¢1 billion bail condition — because that is the law. Why are we turning our country into an undemocratic state, considering how far we've come?”

He also criticised state actors working through the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) for allegedly preventing the former Vice President from seeing Chairman Wontumi while he was in custody last Friday.

“Power is transient. The NDC should be watchful... How can a state institution show such disrespect to a statesman like Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia? Why? The attempt to disgrace Dr. Bawumia — if the NDC does not take care — may be reciprocated.”

Meanwhile, Chairman Wontumi was released by EOCO on Monday, June 2, 2025, after meeting his bail conditions. His release was facilitated with assistance from Bryan Acheampong, the former Minister for Food and Agriculture and Member of Parliament for Abetifi.