Ibrahim Mahama[L] Chairman Wontumi and President Mahama

The Ashanti Regional Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Kwabena Nyandoh, has appealed to President John Dramani Mahama and his brother, Ibrahim Mahama, to raise the GH¢50 million bail required to release the embattled Regional Chairman of the party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, from the custody of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).

Chairman Wontumi remains in custody after his legal team failed to meet the bail conditions imposed by the agency 48 hours ago.

Wontumi is currently under investigation for alleged involvement in multiple criminal offences, including fraud, causing financial loss to the state, and money laundering.

Deputy Attorney General Justice Srem-Sai has revealed that a second phase of the investigation reportedly links Wontumi to a wider international organised crime syndicate.

As a result, EOCO has declined to release the NPP stalwart, a move that has sparked political backlash, particularly from the NPP Minority in Parliament. They claim that the case is being used as a political persecution tool by EOCO and members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Speaking to Oyerapa News at the premises of EOCO, where Minority Members of Parliament and NPP party supporters had gathered to protest on Thursday, May 29, 2025, Paul Kwabena Nyandoh stated that only President John Mahama and his brother Ibrahim could offer a landed property worth GH¢50 million to bail out Chairman Wontumi, and therefore should come to his aid.

“The person is sick; they should discharge him so that he can take his medication, but they say no. The bail sum of GH¢50 million they are talking about is 500 billion old cedis—that is a huge amount of money. Even if those of us gathered here, including the MPs, were sold, could we raise that amount? If Wontumi and his family head were sold, could they raise that amount?

It is only President John Mahama and his brother Ibrahim Mahama who have that amount of money. So, at this moment, we appeal to John Mahama and Ibrahim to give us the bail amount of GH¢50 million so that Chairman Wontumi can be released. Otherwise, Wontumi will continue being in custody.

All we can do is sit here as we are, because we can't raise that amount of money. It is a sad situation, but the reality is that it is John Mahama and Ibrahim Mahama who can now boast of such a huge amount of money,” Paul Nyandoh stated.

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