Former Attorney General Godfred Dame has confirmed that he is the lead legal representative for the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, who is currently under investigation by the police.
Dame was seen accompanying Chairman Wontumi when he arrived at the headquarters of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service in Accra on Monday, May 26, 2025.
When asked whether he was representing the NPP regional chairman, whose home was raided by national security operatives on Friday, May 23, Dame responded, “It is obvious.”
The former Attorney General declined to comment further on the case against his client, stating, “No comment, we haven’t started yet.”
According to Channel One TV, Dame assumed the legal representation after Wontumi’s initial lawyer, Andy Appiah-Kubi, stepped aside.
Prior to Dame’s arrival at the CID headquarters, Appiah-Kubi was seen there preparing for Wontumi’s arrival and told the media he was handling preliminary formalities. However, when Wontumi showed up, it was Dame who led him into the CID office.
While Chairman Wontumi has not been formally charged, a report by Channel One TV claims that the raid on his residence was connected to a GH¢50 million payment made by the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) in the final days of the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo administration.
The report further alleges that the payment was made to Hallmark Civil Engineering, a company owned by Wontumi, despite a directive from then-Chief of Staff Julius Debrah to suspend contract payments during the transition period.
Watch videos from the CID headquarters below:
#WontumiNews : “When Godfred Dame coughs,the whole NDC catches cold” -Godfred Yeboah Dame. pic.twitter.com/Z5Aahhhr0Q
— Wontumi Communications (@WontumiTV)
May 26, 2025
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