5 Nsawam prison inmates transferred after alleged plot to poison Wontumi – Dr Palgrave

Speaking on Adom FM Dwaso Nsem, Dr Palgrave Boakye-Danquah revealed that the plot was exposed when the inmates’ conversation discussing plans to poison Wontumi was overheard.

He disclosed that Wontumi told him about the incident following a court appearance on Tuesday, October 27.

Dr Boakye-Danquah revealed that the person who overheard the conversation alerted Mr Wontumi, prompting concerns about his safety.

He stated, “I contacted the officer in charge, and he confirmed it and assured me that investigations were ongoing. The officer said a committee has been set up to probe the incident”.

According to Dr Boakye-Danquah, five inmates had since been moved to a different cell, while investigations into the alleged plot continued.

“Chairman Wontumi is not frightened,” he said.

Dr Palgrave Boakye-Danquah further stated, “But we know the good God we serve will not let the plan of the evil one prevail.”

Meanwhile, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, the Deputy Attorney-General, has told the Accra High Court that Chairman Wontumi is a high flight risk and should not be granted bail.

According to Srem-Sai, Wontumi’s own lawyers have shown he is a flight risk.

He further argued that the appellant’s conduct during the trial could not, on its own, serve as a reliable basis for determining whether he would abscond if granted bail.

The Deputy AG told the court that the prosecution has exhibited a video recording in which Wontumi’s own lawyer was seen on television describing his client as unruly.

The Deputy AG is quoted to have said, “It is a fact, and the affidavit in support in paragraph 15 has confirmed that the prisoner is standing trial in two other criminal courts, each of those trials staring the prisoner in the face with substantial prison terms which, as the law prescribes, would be served consecutively instead of concurrently”.

“We have also deposed and exhibited a video recording, and in that video recording, counsel for the accused was seen on television telling the public that his client, that is the prisoner, is unruly and that but for his exceptional personal management skill, the prisoner at the time of arrest would have run his car over law enforcement agents to avoid arrest,” he submitted.

“This is not the prosecution’s account of the prisoner’s character. It is the prisoner’s own lawyer giving a vivid account of what transpired on the day of arrest,” the Deputy AG said.

“That was even when nothing was at stake. Not even one day of prison sentence. When the accused person was absolutely innocent and had not been proven guilty. So my lady can imagine today when he is facing a 20-year jail term and has been declared guilty,” Dr Srem-Sai argued.

However, Justice Audrey Kocuvie-Tay, a High Court Judge, has set November 4, 2026, to deliver a ruling on a bail application filed by Bernard Antwi Bosiako, known as Chairman Wontumi, pending appeal.