The Attorney General and Minister for Justice has disclosed that all is set for the prosecution of the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, who is the subject of investigations by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.
Speaking at the Office of the President's Government Accountability Series on Monday, July 28, 2025, Dr disclosed that both the CID and EOCO have completed their investigations involving Bernard Antwi Boasiako, alias Chairman Wontumi.
He indicated that his office has drafted the charges against Chairman Wontumi and the other accused persons in the investigations and has sent them for review to the relevant offices before the cases are sent to court. "The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has completed investigations in respect of Chairman Wontumi and the former National Buffer Stock Company CEO, Mr Abdul Wahab Hanan, and their accomplices. "The results of both investigations will be announced very soon.
The Police CID have also completed a docket on the Akonta Mining case and submitted same to my office," he said.
