The Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, has claimed that former Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi, is seriously ill in prison at Nsawam.
According to him, reports suggesting that Chairman Wontumi is healthy in prison are untrue.
Explaining his claims, the outspoken politician noted that the party hierarchy’s refusal to disclose Chairman Wontumi’s health condition is motivated by fear of worrying party supporters.
“I am telling you today that Chairman Wontumi is sick. If anybody tells you that he is fine, that is a lie. NPP followers and supporters, if any of the party’s leaders tells you that he is well, it is a lie. Chairman Wontumi is sick.
“They don’t want to say it because supporters will get worried, so don’t let anybody lie to you. Even if the prison authorities say he is fine, it is a lie. He is suffering because of lies that were fabricated against him,” he alleged on his podcast aired on Ohia TV on Sunday, October 25, 2026.
Wontumi has been held at the Nsawam Prison since his conviction in July in a case involving Akonta Mining Company Limited. The conviction followed an Accra High Court ruling that found him guilty of offences linked to mining activities on the company’s concession at Samreboi in the Western Region.
He was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment, with the terms imposed on the two counts to run concurrently.
However, he currently challenging the ruling wth his lawyers filing an appeal at the Court of Appeal, seeking to overturn his conviction and sentence.
