The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has denied reports that its officers ransacked a property belonging to former Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, in Tema.
According to the Office, the exercise, which lasted less than 10 minutes, was undertaken professionally and without any incident.
In a statement, EOCO disclosed that the property in question had been “frozen by EOCO and confirmed by the court last year.”
“The purpose of the visit was to enable officials of the Lands Commission to take the necessary coordinates and measurements of the property for a professional valuation,” EOCO explained.
It noted that its officers, together with officials from the Lands Commission, undertook the exercise as part of preliminary activities towards a professional valuation.
The Office expressed concern about how sections of the media reported the incident as “ransacking” and described such publications as false.
“EOCO wishes to state that the characterisation of the exercise as a ransacking of Chairman Wontumi’s house is false.
“The general public is therefore urged to disregard such false publications circulating in the media,” parts of the statement read.
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