Wontumi campaign denies defying NPP, demands legal basis for Ashanti election annulments

"Having emerged from that electoral process, and in the absence of any communicated determination setting aside those elections at the material time, Chairman Wontumi proceeded, in good faith and in his capacity as Regional Chairman, to administer the oath of office to executives whose elections had been declared," the statement said.

The statement follows an announcement by the NPP's National Steering Committee annulling constituency executive elections in some constituencies in the Ashanti Region, a move that sparked criticism after Chairman Wontumi administered the oath of office to some elected executives.

Bernard Antwi Boasiako is the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP The Wontumi Campaign Secretariat has rejected allegations that Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, defied the authority of the party by swearing in some constituency executives whose elections were later annulled.