A Presidential Staffer and National Democratic Congress (NDC) communicator, Beatrice AnnanA Presidential Staffer and National Democratic Congress (NDC) communicator, Beatrice Annan, says the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi, is being lawfully treated in the custody of the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO).
According to her, contrary to claims by some members of the NPP, the businessman and politician’s right to dignity has not been breached.
Speaking on Accra-based Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana on Monday, June 2, Ms. Annan said Wontumi was granted bail on the same day he was arrested.
“In the matter of Wontumi, as we are discussing, none of these principles have been breached. He has been presumed innocent, and he will have his day in court. His right to dignity has not been violated.
“In fact, he has also not been denied bail. He was granted bail the very night or the very day that he was arrested. So it is not as if EOCO wants to keep him there,” she stated.
Chairman Wontumi is reportedly on a hunger strike, with many describing it as a way of protesting his alleged unlawful detention.
But Ms. Annan claimed his refusal to eat is not a protest against EOCO but rather a result of fears that he could be poisoned by his own party members.
“I’ve heard in certain quarters that he’s on a hunger strike. I can tell you on authority that the only reason he’s not eating is because he doesn’t trust his own party people to bring him food.
“He claims that the last time they brought him food, he and John Kumah were poisoned and he survived it. So now, he doesn’t want to take food from his party members,” she alleged.
