The Deputy Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Justice Srem-Sai, has broken his silence on the controversial detention of Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, revealing that the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is under investigation for alleged serious criminal offences, including fraud, causing financial loss to the state, and money laundering.
In a Facebook post on Thursday, 28 May 2025, Justice Srem-Sai disclosed that the investigations are not limited to local criminal activities but also form part of a wider international organised crime probe, being undertaken in collaboration with global law enforcement partners. "Suspect Bernard Antwi Boasiako, a.k.a.
Chairman Wontumi, is under investigation for various criminal offences… The criminal investigation is running concurrently with asset recovery processes-to prevent further dissipation of what law enforcement agencies strongly suspect to be proceeds of crime," the Deputy Attorney-General wrote.
He further explained that a second strand of the investigation is part of a "larger international organised crime scheme," with the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) actively working alongside international agencies.
