Lawyer for Bernard Antwi Boasiako, , has maintained that he acted professionally in executing his duties as counsel for Chairman Wontumi, particularly in securing his client's release on bail.
According to him, his priority was securing bail for his client, and he therefore focused on identifying anyone who met the stated bail conditions and could stand as a surety to facilitate his client's release, not because he had any ulterior motives, as has been speculated.
He refuted claims from a section of (NPP) members that his client's arrest and detention were used as a ploy to promote an individual who has declared their intention to contest the party's flagbearership. "That I have been engaged as counsel outside the party and I'm doing the work as counsel, not that we are doing politics or we are working within the party.
I was engaged as counsel in this criminal matter and I have discharged my responsibilities equitably in my capacity as counsel. "In what way would I support and de-support somebody in this process of preparing a justification to file?
