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\u00a0Bernard Antwi Boasiako aka ‘Wontumi’
PRESIDENT JOHN Dramani Mahama met face-to-face with Bernard Antwi Boasiako aka ‘Wontumi’, the Ashanti Regional New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman, in Kumasi on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The President and the NPP capo were among the top notch people in society that stormed the Baba Yara Stadium for a grand durbar commemorating the 15-year anniversary of the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.<\/p>\n
There have been reports of bad blood between the two top personalities, with Wontumi threatening to lead a mammoth demonstration to force President Mahama to step down.<\/p>\n
A younger brother of the President, Ibrahim Mahama, has sued the NPP chairman because he claimed Wontumi had defamed him in public.<\/p>\n
Political observers and analysts were therefore afraid that the presence of President Mahama and Wontumi, who led a high-powered NPP delegation to the function, might spark confusion.<\/p>\n
But that was not to be, as both President Mahama and Wontumi displayed political maturity, shaking hands in a friendly manner as if they were the best of friends.<\/p>\n
Wontumi was leading the NPP team comprising National Chairman Paul Afoko, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia and wife, Samira, Rebecca Akufo-Addo among others. After greeting ex-President Kufuor and others, he proceeded to where President Mahama was seated.<\/p>\n
The two gentlemen shook hands and even had a brief chat, as President Mahama openly whispered into the ears of Wontumi who was dressed in a nice kente cloth.<\/p>\n
After the brief chat, both Wontumi and the President were seen smiling as the NPP chairman proceed to greet ex-President Rawlings and his wife, Nana Konadu Agyeman.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, political observers have told the paper there is the possibility that a friction exists between the President and Wontumi, but they decided to behave as if all was well, perhaps, due to the respect that they both have for the Ashanti King.<\/p>\n
FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi
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