The Ashanti Regional NPP chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiko, popularly knows as Chairman Wontumi, has been summoned before the Kumasi Traditional Council to answer for alleged derogatory remarks made against the Asantehene during the NPP vetting of parliamentary aspirants.
Accompanying Chairman Wontumi to the hearing were NPP party Chairman, Stephen Ntim, majority leader Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, and other government officials.
During the hearing, Kokosohene, Nana Kwaku Duah, who brought the case, addressed the traditional council as a witness, recounting what transpired during the vetting.
Chairman Wontumi denied the accusations, describing them as untrue and an unfair representation of what he communicated.
This development follows an altercation between Mr. Antwi Boasiako and the Kokosohene at the recent vetting of parliamentary aspirants in the Ashanti Region.
Despite denying the allegations, Chairman Wontumi was invited by the traditional council for a hearing, an invitation he failed to honor on health grounds.
Subsequently, the NPP national leadership, which appeared before the Council to plead for more time, was directed to ensure Chairman Wontumi made an appearance within one week.
A few hours after Wontumi Media rendered an unqualified apology to the KTC over derogatory comments attacking the integrity of Nananom by a prominent lawyer on the company’s media platforms.
Another news report published on www.wontumionline.com alleged the Asantehene had directed the Kumasi Traditional Council to discontinue hearing the case, but this was dismissed as false by sources at the Manhyia Palace.
