EOCO officers reportedly raid Wontumi’s Tema residence

Officers of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) have reportedly raided the Tema residence of former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi.

The operation, said to have taken place on Monday, November 9, 2026, reportedly involved five officers who entered the property and searched the premises while Wontumi’s children were at home.

Wontumi’s spokesperson, Palgrave Boakye Danquah, disclosed this in an interview on Eyewitness News on Monday, saying he received a call from the family at about 3 p.m. informing him of the officers’ presence.

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According to him, Wontumi’s mother-in-law, who was at the residence with the children, initially went to the gate after being alerted. She later allowed the officers into the compound after they requested access.

Danquah alleged that the officers moved around the property and went upstairs, where the children were.

“They went around the compound and entered into the premises of the house, where the children were chilling with their apparel and started crying,” he said.

He further claimed that the officers took photographs and videos during the operation, prompting the children’s grandmother to ask them not to capture images of her or the children.

Danquah said the officers spent between 30 and 45 minutes at the residence. He added that the grandmother took photographs of an identification card presented by one of them.

He identified one of the officers as a person named Nortey, who was allegedly accompanied by four others. According to him, they were dressed in civilian clothing and told the family they had “direct instructions to come to the house”.

The spokesperson said he had informed Wontumi’s lead counsel, lawyer Atta Akyea, who was engaging the Attorney-General to establish the reason for the visit.

He also referenced ongoing legal proceedings involving EOCO, saying the agency had previously served documents on Wontumi’s legal team in connection with an attempt to confiscate his belongings.

However, he said he was unsure whether those documents authorised a search of the residence.

“I’ve read through the document. It doesn’t authorise them yet,” he said.

As of the time of the interview, EOCO had not issued an official explanation for the reported operation.

The purpose of the search and whether the officers removed any items from the property remain unclear.

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