Reported by GhanaCrimes Newsroom·2 min read
The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has denied reports that its officers raided the Tema home of former NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, on Monday 9 November 2026.
In a statement issued the same day, EOCO said the property had been frozen by the Office and the freeze confirmed by a court in 2025. It said its officers had accompanied Lands Commission officials to the property "to pick the coordinates and measurements to enable Lands Commission to conduct a professional valuation".
"The activity was completed in less than 10 minutes without any incident. This is what has been characterised as ransacking of Wontumi's house," the statement said. EOCO urged the public to disregard what it described as false reports about the exercise.
Earlier, Mr Boasiako's spokesperson, Palgrave Boakye-Danquah, said on Eyewitness News that five officers entered the residence at about 3pm while Mr Boasiako's children and mother-in-law were at home. He alleged that the officers went upstairs, took photographs and videos, and remained for up to 45 minutes, and said he doubted that documents EOCO had served on Mr Boasiako's lawyers authorised a search.
He said the family's lead counsel was engaging the Attorney-General over the legal basis for the visit.
GhanaCrimes has not independently verified either account of how long the officers stayed or what they did at the property.
The visit comes after EOCO applied to the High Court to confiscate assets linked to Mr Boasiako, alleging they are proceeds of crime. He separately faces charges in other cases, including a GH¢30 million Exim Bank loan case, and has denied wrongdoing. None of the allegations has been proven in court.
