The Director of Legal Affairs for the (NPP), Gary Nimako Marfo, has rejected claims that an application for bail variation filed on behalf of Chairman Wontumi, was responsible for delays in executing his bail.
Speaking in an interview on Movement TV monitored by GhanaWeb on Saturday May 31, 2025, he narrated the sequence of events leading up to the filing of the application, indicating that at about 3:00 PM on Friday, May 20, 2025, Chairman Wontumi's aide approached him regarding the status of the bail conditions. "I inquired whether the bail had been satisfied, and he said no.
He then mentioned a variation application," he said.
According to him, Chairman Wontumi's wife also contacted him directly. "Based on the information available at the time, I told them I would proceed to file the application for the bail variation," he stated.
