The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has addressed allegations regarding a GH¢50 million payment from the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) following his interrogation at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters on Monday, May 26, 2025.
Wontumi's appearance at the CID was in response to an official invitation to answer questions about allegations of illegal mining activities, known locally as galamsey.
However, after the interrogation, journalists questioned him about a separate controversy involving a reported GH¢50 million payment linked to a cocoa road contract, as widely publicised as the reason for a failed raid at his private residence last week.
The publication claimed that a security raid at Wontumi's residence was connected to this payment, which was allegedly made by COCOBOD in the last days of the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government.
