The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, has denied allegations of insulting the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, and the Asante Kingdom.
Antwi Boasiako popularly known as Chairman Wontumi is reported to have made disparaging comments about the Asante king after the vetting of Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh.
However, speaking on Wontumi Radio, Chairman Wontumi described the allegations against him as false.
“I have a lot of respect for the Asantehene and the Asante Kingdom and will never do anything to run this kingdom down, never. All these allegations are not true; they are pure lies. I cannot do that. Anybody who wishes to lie can do it,” he said.
Bernard Antwi Boasiako is facing accusations of making disparaging remarks against the Asantehene.
Nana Kwaku Duah, Chief of Kokoso and the Otumfuo’s Obremponhene, as well as Manhyia South NPP Constituency Chairman Ofori Attah Tom-Tom, are alleged to have lodged the official complaint to the Kumasi Traditional Council.
Following this complaint, the Council summoned Chairman Wontumi on January 22, to answer questions on comments he reportedly made during the vetting of parliamentary aspirants in Manhyia South.
Unfortunately, at the Traditional Council’s emergency meeting chaired by the Bantamahene Baffour Owusu Amankwatia, Wontumi failed to appear before the council.
General Secretary of the NPP, Justin Kodua Frimpong, who led a delegation to the Manhyia Palace over the issue, told members of the Council that Chairman Wontumi is currently unwell and pleaded with the Council to give the party two weeks to get Wontumi to honour the invite.
The Council asked the leadership of the NPP to ensure Mr. Boasiko appears before it next week on Monday, January 29.