Abronye Drops Bombshell on Wontumi’s Health in Prison, Makes Serious Allegation Against NPP Leaders

Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Abronye DC, has alleged that former Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako, widely known as Chairman Wontumi, is experiencing health problems while in prison.

Abronye further claimed that the party’s leadership was withholding information about Wontumi’s alleged condition to avoid causing anxiety among NPP supporters.

Speaking on his Ohia TV programme, excerpts of which have circulated on social media, Abronye alleged that Wontumi was suffering in detention as a result of what he described as fabricated accusations against him.

He maintained that reports suggesting the former Ashanti Regional Chairman was in good health should not be accepted, insisting that party supporters were not being given the full picture of his alleged condition.

However, the claims about Wontumi’s health have been attributed to Abronye, and no independent confirmation of his reported condition was provided in the account.

“I am telling you today that Chairman Wontumi is sick. If anybody tells you that he is fine, that is a lie. NPP followers and supporters, if any of the party’s leaders tells you that he is well, it is a lie. Chairman Wontumi is sick.

“They don’t want to say it because supporters will get worried, so don’t let anybody lie to you. Even if the prison authorities say he is fine, it is a lie. He is suffering because of lies that were fabricated against him,” he stated.

Wontumi has been held at Nsawam Medium Security Prison following his conviction in July in a case involving Akonta Mining Company Limited.

An Accra High Court sentenced him to 20 years in prison after finding him guilty of offences relating to mining activities on the company’s concession at Samreboi in the Western Region.

The sentences imposed on the two counts are to run concurrently.

Wontumi has challenged the conviction and sentence, with his lawyers filing an appeal at the Court of Appeal on July 28, 2026, seeking to overturn the High Court’s decision.

His alleged health condition in custody, as raised by Abronye, is likely to attract further attention from party supporters as the legal process continues.

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