Andy Appiah-Kubi, legal counsel for embattled Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako-popularly known as Chairman Wontumi-says the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) acted lawfully in arresting his client.
Wontumi was picked up by EOCO on Tuesday, shortly after being interrogated by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service in Accra.
His arrest has stirred criticism from within the NPP, but Appiah-Kubi maintains that EOCO was simply exercising its legal mandate. "There's absolutely nothing wrong with the EOCO investigation," Appiah-Kubi said in an interview on Adom FM's Dwaso Nsem on Thursday. "Both CID and EOCO have the constitutional authority to investigate.
When we went, he answered all the questions asked, and we are cooperating fully." Chairman Wontumi remains in custody after failing to meet bail conditions set at GH₵50 million with two justified sureties.
