By Elsie Appiah-Osei
Accra, May 29, GNA – Minority lawmakers, led by Osahen Alexander Afenyo-Markin, Minority Leader, Thursday held a sit-down protest at the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) premises in Accra, demanding fair treatment for New Patriotic Party’s Ashanti Regional Chairman, Mr Bernard Antwi Boasiako.
Clad in neutral colours, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament (MPs) marched from Parliament House, taking over portions of the street directly in front of EOCO’s office, drawing significant public attention.
The protest, marked by chants of patriotic songs and calls for justice, brought traffic to a standstill and drew a heavy police presence as security personnel attempted to maintain order.
Osahen Afenyo-Markin, on behalf of the Minority MPs, decried what he described as political persecution and the weaponization of state institutions against political opponents.
“Wontumi must be freed now,” he asserted, criticizing the GH¢50 million bail conditions as “unreasonable and outrageous.”
The sit-down protest came in response to Mr Antwi Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi’s continued detention by EOCO after failing to meet the conditions of a GH¢50 million bail granted on Wednesday, May 28.
The Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman was arrested on Tuesday, May 27, following a summons by the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service, and is being investigated over alleged financial irregularities involving the Ghana Export-Import Bank (EXIMBANK).
GNA
Edited by Lydia Kukua Asamoah