NPP bigwigs lead Wontumi to Manhyia over alleged derogatory remarks
New Patriotic Party (NPP) bigwigs were at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi on Monday in the matter of Bernard Antwi Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi and his alleged derogatory remarks against the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
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Leading Wontumi to the Manhyia Palace were the National Chairman of the NPP, Stephen Ntim, NPP General Secretary, Justin Kodua Frimpong and some other NPP national officers.
With them was the Majority Leader in Parliament and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, who is also the Member of Parliament for Suame in Kumasi.
The Kumasi Traditional Council had issued an ultimatum to the NPP to hand over Wontumi for him to respond officially to the said allegation and face the consequences for it.
It was the Kokosohene, Nana Kwaku Duah that had made the allegation against Wontumi and made the complaint at the Kumasi Traditional Council.
Wontumi is alleged to have stated publicly that he would challenge Otumfuo if he (Wontumi) disagreed on an issue with the Asantetehene and that he Wontumi, also has his own "Kingdom" in Asanteman.
”I have built my own kingdom, I have my own police and military, and I will speak my mind to Otumfuo if I disagree on an issue with him (Otumfuo)”, he was reported to have stated.
Proceedings at Manhyia on Monday
The chiefs warned Wontumi to be careful with his public actions and statements, and refrain from stating that he has his own Kingdom in Asanteman, since apart from the Asantehene, nobody else has a Kingdom in Asanteman.
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Last week
The General Secretary of the party Justin Kodua Frimpong with other national executives of the party had told the Kumasi Traditional Council that Chairman Wontumi was ill, hence his inability to appear last week as was ordered.
The party therefore pleaded for two weeks for him to recover.
But the Kumasi Traditional Council directed the NPP to produce Chairman Wontumi for a hearing on Monday.
Monday's meeting
After the Monday meeting, the Kumasi Traditional Council (KTC) literally scolded the Kokosohene, Nana Kwaku Duah, for dragging the name of the Manhyia Palace into a dispute through his partisan politics.
The council said the impasse between him and the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako was purely a partisan issue and should not have been brought before the Kumasi Traditional Council for adjudication.
Consequently, the council has directed him to choose between his chieftaincy role and partisan politics.
Directive
The Bantamahene, Baaffour Owusu Amankwatiah VI, gave the directive on Monday, January 29, 2024 when the council sat to deliberate on the complaint brought against the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) by Nana Kwaku Duah, reports Graphic Online's Kwadwo Baffoe Donkor from the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi.
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