Following recent regulatory actions against Akonta Mining, a company owned by the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the , a video of Bernard Antwi-Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi) reacting to the possibility of his business being targeted by a future government of the , led by , has resurfaced.
The video, from an interview granted by the regional chairman during the 2024 campaign season, shows Wontumi asserting that President Mahama's personal dislike for him cannot determine his success or failure as a businessman.
According to Wontumi, his business suffered targeted attacks during a previous tenure of John Mahama and the NDC, which he survived. "Your liking or dislike cannot determine my success in life.
Me, Wontumi, in 2013, you collapsed my business; you seized my 500 excavators and 400 pickups," he stated.