GH¢50 Million COCOBOD Payment: Why NIB raided Wontumi's home – Report

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Yaw 7 months ago

Hmmmm this is the beginning

Hmmmm this is the beginning
Fii 7 months ago

Gradually gradually the NPP is collapsing. Anyone that associates themselves with the NPP is either a liar, thief, criminal or murderer. NPP is a bad news and they must never come close to power again

Gradually gradually the NPP is collapsing. Anyone that associates themselves with the NPP is either a liar, thief, criminal or murderer. NPP is a bad news and they must never come close to power again
Opk 7 months ago

Aboa fon

Aboa fon
1% IQ 7 months ago

it is a sun against God and man to be an npp member

it is a sun against God and man to be an npp member
. 7 months ago

U ARE A CRIMINAL, NPP PARTY IS FULL OF CRIMINALS, NOW WE KNOW, KWASIAFOUR

U ARE A CRIMINAL, NPP PARTY IS FULL OF CRIMINALS, NOW WE KNOW, KWASIAFOUR
Hata 7 months ago

How does this justify a Rambo-style raid? Looking for the money? How can payments for contracts be stopped? Is that a contract? President Rambo!

How does this justify a Rambo-style raid? Looking for the money? How can payments for contracts be stopped? Is that a contract? President Rambo!
Awuradebasa 7 months ago

Kwasea
We will find you soon

Kwasea
We will find you soon
Edward 7 months ago

Godfred Dame will be the richest lawyer in the country because he is defending every NPP criminal so far

Godfred Dame will be the richest lawyer in the country because he is defending every NPP criminal so far
Bright 7 months ago

@Edward I laugh enter NPP head quarters.

@Edward I laugh enter NPP head quarters.
Atsu 7 months ago

NDC liars God is watching

NDC liars God is watching

Bright 7 months ago

Shameless Atsu God is rather watching you NPP and your shenanigans. Thieves and Armed Robbers.

Shameless Atsu God is rather watching you NPP and your shenanigans. Thieves and Armed Robbers.
they say they say 7 months ago

So you don't fear God?? Blasphemy !!

So you don't fear God?? Blasphemy !!
Apraku 7 months ago

And what has Wontumi got to do with that? Why don't you confront those who made that payment to Wontumi and find out why they made that payment?
Wontumi is just only a recipient.

And what has Wontumi got to do with that? Why don't you confront those who made that payment to Wontumi and find out why they made that payment?
Wontumi is just only a recipient.
Aduomi 7 months ago

Wo yɛ Kwasea paa..."wontumi is only the recipient ". Only someone with a warped and diabolic mind will spew this nonsense. Do you know that receiving or buying stolen goods is a crime? Was wontumi forced to receive that 50 m ...
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Wo yɛ Kwasea paa..."wontumi is only the recipient ". Only someone with a warped and diabolic mind will spew this nonsense. Do you know that receiving or buying stolen goods is a crime? Was wontumi forced to receive that 50 million GHS at gun point? Was it not he himself who demanded for that payment? When are you people going to realise that you are the dumbest human beings on earth? A bunch of charlatans, thieves, criminals not worth calling Ghanaians... God punish you all.....
Silas 7 months ago

Kwasiator! Have you checked the reasons why he’s been paid this amount

Kwasiator! Have you checked the reasons why he’s been paid this amount
Asey 7 months ago

@@ Silas ,,,,Gyimi gyimi read the content of the news jon

@@ Silas ,,,,Gyimi gyimi read the content of the news jon
Apraku 7 months ago

Aduomi !!
Just listen to yourself. Insulting without having any facts to back your argument. Do you know under which circumstances Wontumi was paid the money? Or you read that Wontumi stole the money? Even if Wontumi was pay ...
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Aduomi !!
Just listen to yourself. Insulting without having any facts to back your argument. Do you know under which circumstances Wontumi was paid the money? Or you read that Wontumi stole the money? Even if Wontumi was payed illegally, that source of payment must be checked first.

And listen, very cultured people don't argue with insults. Everyone's opinion matters and is different.
Kinte 7 months ago

Aduomi, you make great sense!

Aduomi, you make great sense!
Wagyimi paa, ponko 7 months ago

If some business receives payment from another company for a service, is it the paying company you investigate or the payee. NDCfuo yɛ mmoa too much

If some business receives payment from another company for a service, is it the paying company you investigate or the payee. NDCfuo yɛ mmoa too much
Opk 7 months ago

Apraku, dont mind the idiots who think so far as is wontume he must be arrested. Foola

Apraku, dont mind the idiots who think so far as is wontume he must be arrested. Foola

Addo 7 months ago

You forgot we are in operation recover all loots (ORAL). We need the money first for development before handling the case. GHC50 Million is not a small money. It can do some many projects.
This is not the first a government ...
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You forgot we are in operation recover all loots (ORAL). We need the money first for development before handling the case. GHC50 Million is not a small money. It can do some many projects.
This is not the first a government is using NIB. This NIB are very soft and even using less force. We saw the work of NIB in the previous government.
Joe Ansah 7 months ago

You write a completion of contract letter to receive payment, if no work then why do you received payment. if it is for mobilisation then he should be at site , but currently his company is not. Interesting times ahead

You write a completion of contract letter to receive payment, if no work then why do you received payment. if it is for mobilisation then he should be at site , but currently his company is not. Interesting times ahead
jesus 7 months ago

@Apraku. Do you know why those funds were immediately withdrawn and put into a more protected insurance ventures? It wasn't for profit! And you think the Insurance company will reimburse Ghana for those amounts? To catch a th ...
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@Apraku. Do you know why those funds were immediately withdrawn and put into a more protected insurance ventures? It wasn't for profit! And you think the Insurance company will reimburse Ghana for those amounts? To catch a thief, you have to think like one. The reason you and I are not part of the NSA!
Yorke 7 months ago

You took 50 million in silence and never called anyone but when you are to face the law, you are calling us. Please shup up and enjoy.

You took 50 million in silence and never called anyone but when you are to face the law, you are calling us. Please shup up and enjoy.
Opk 7 months ago

Please, don't talk like an illiterate. When he was given yhe money he should have gone to heaven and hell to inform them? Nonsense

Please, don't talk like an illiterate. When he was given yhe money he should have gone to heaven and hell to inform them? Nonsense
. 7 months ago

U ARE A CRIMINAL, NPP PARTY IS FULL OF CRIMINALS, NOW WE KNOW, KWASIAFOURRRR

U ARE A CRIMINAL, NPP PARTY IS FULL OF CRIMINALS, NOW WE KNOW, KWASIAFOURRRR
DO THE DO 7 months ago

I don't believe he will become the richest lawyer in the country but he will be the first lawyer to receive a long term prison sentence, because he is prepared to defend every NPP member without proper investigation.

I don't believe he will become the richest lawyer in the country but he will be the first lawyer to receive a long term prison sentence, because he is prepared to defend every NPP member without proper investigation.
Adu 7 months ago

I don't understand this NIB reason for the raid. Why don't they target the COCOBOD officials who made the payment? This is why they fail at the courts.

I don't understand this NIB reason for the raid. Why don't they target the COCOBOD officials who made the payment? This is why they fail at the courts.
Now Now 7 months ago

Bosiako could be right
It's likely some NPP drew attention to the payment in order for him not to become National Chairman.

Bosiako could be right
It's likely some NPP drew attention to the payment in order for him not to become National Chairman.
Yaw 7 months ago

If money has been paid to him is that the way to go about it did he went to the bank to steal the money

If money has been paid to him is that the way to go about it did he went to the bank to steal the money

Kwame 7 months ago

Hopeless moron. Did he go to the bank, not went. Some of you have had your little brains like old donkeys smashed by politics. Colluding to steal is worse than stealing. Do you understand that?

Hopeless moron. Did he go to the bank, not went. Some of you have had your little brains like old donkeys smashed by politics. Colluding to steal is worse than stealing. Do you understand that?
Kinte 7 months ago

Kwame you make sense, tell them more!

Kwame you make sense, tell them more!
Kwame 7 months ago

I dont know where this country would have been if these hardened bandits had retained power. There are hardcore criminal bandits, parading as politicians. What kind of looting is this??? Why???? Did they hear that the world w ...
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I dont know where this country would have been if these hardened bandits had retained power. There are hardcore criminal bandits, parading as politicians. What kind of looting is this??? Why???? Did they hear that the world was going to end or what??
they say they say 7 months ago

The frustration is with the slow grinding prosecution and judgment of these cases. I would have thought fast track prosecutions like that of Kufour would have been set up to handle these cases. It's extremely important to in ...
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The frustration is with the slow grinding prosecution and judgment of these cases. I would have thought fast track prosecutions like that of Kufour would have been set up to handle these cases. It's extremely important to instill discipline into the system otherwise any economic development would be eroded in no time. Mahama administration should learn a thing or two from Paul Kagami. We need fast judgments so we can put these things behind us
Obroniba 7 months ago

This idiot was bragging to be very rich and powerful. Yet, he was supported by the mother serpent himself to be much more corrupt. These guys must languish in jail to serve those thieves a bitter lesson. Thieves with no manne ...
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This idiot was bragging to be very rich and powerful. Yet, he was supported by the mother serpent himself to be much more corrupt. These guys must languish in jail to serve those thieves a bitter lesson. Thieves with no manners and dignity who ruled us with their foolishness and gross mismanagement. Shameful idiots led by the mother serpent of a chimpanzee
Kofi Coleman 7 months ago

Akromfo)::::they will still have some idiots n fools to Support them

Akromfo)::::they will still have some idiots n fools to Support them
Ak 7 months ago

If that is the case what happens to the one who effected the payments?

If that is the case what happens to the one who effected the payments?
Kinte 7 months ago

They will go after them too. Now nobody can steal our money and go away scot-free.

They will go after them too. Now nobody can steal our money and go away scot-free.
Nana 7 months ago

GHANAWEB GHANAWEB. WONTUMI SAID ON NATIONAL RADIO THAT THEY DID NOT ENTER HIS HOUSE.HOW COME GHANAWEB?

GHANAWEB GHANAWEB. WONTUMI SAID ON NATIONAL RADIO THAT THEY DID NOT ENTER HIS HOUSE.HOW COME GHANAWEB?
Emma 7 months ago

Under whose authority and in what capacity did Julius Debrah had then to be issuing stupid orders to public officials?

Under whose authority and in what capacity did Julius Debrah had then to be issuing stupid orders to public officials?
BK 7 months ago

Under the authority of your stupid toilet eating monkey parents .

Under the authority of your stupid toilet eating monkey parents .
Efo Kofi 7 months ago

Total nonsense kwasiasem why not go after the one who paid the money foolish useless government

Total nonsense kwasiasem why not go after the one who paid the money foolish useless government
Kamina 7 months ago

That illiterate ANIMAL!

That illiterate ANIMAL!
Laughter 7 months ago

A certain julius debrah says shat? Such a stupid deason. Was work done for the payment or not?
When idiots come into power by mistake.

A certain julius debrah says shat? Such a stupid deason. Was work done for the payment or not?
When idiots come into power by mistake.
Honourable9 7 months ago

How can Julius Debrah stopped payment whilst he was not in government. He did not have that power to act.

How can Julius Debrah stopped payment whilst he was not in government. He did not have that power to act.
Asonaba asiedu 7 months ago

SELFISH AND ARROGANT THIEVES. They don't care what happens to the rest of us with regards to our hospitals and other infrastructures that the money they steal can be used for so all the citizens can benefit , as long as the ...
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SELFISH AND ARROGANT THIEVES. They don't care what happens to the rest of us with regards to our hospitals and other infrastructures that the money they steal can be used for so all the citizens can benefit , as long as they and their families are full and can travel abroad for medical care when they become ill. The party footsoldiers must stop supporting the thieves among their leaders.
Roadrunner 7 months ago

THEY DONT GET ANY WORSE THAN THIS BASTARD .....I HOPE THIS PRICK FORFEITS EVERYTHING HE HAS STOLEN FROM HIS OWN PEOPLE......AND FORTY YEARS JAIL SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT.

THEY DONT GET ANY WORSE THAN THIS BASTARD .....I HOPE THIS PRICK FORFEITS EVERYTHING HE HAS STOLEN FROM HIS OWN PEOPLE......AND FORTY YEARS JAIL SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT.
Victor Bonssrah 7 months ago

All Ghanaians in position of authority are the same.Corruption has eaten deep into the Ghanaian society.No one care about the country albeit the people of Ghana.I'm not NPP or NDC chronic but this is what the country has beco ...
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All Ghanaians in position of authority are the same.Corruption has eaten deep into the Ghanaian society.No one care about the country albeit the people of Ghana.I'm not NPP or NDC chronic but this is what the country has become after Dr Kwame Nkrumah.Everyone comes in to loot.Even those those on the outside are the same.Put most of the people on this forum in position of authority and they will do the same.It's a cancer that has infected the whole fabric of the Ghanaian society.It will take only God's mercy to wake the country from corruption and greed.I rest my case.
Kinte 7 months ago

Mr. disappointed Npp. Just say you are ashamed of how your Npp has disgraced you and your Npp. NDC is different because they are rather catching your thieves and retrieving state resources and funds.

Mr. disappointed Npp. Just say you are ashamed of how your Npp has disgraced you and your Npp. NDC is different because they are rather catching your thieves and retrieving state resources and funds.
R 7 months ago

Foolish NDC government they have cleared their real thieve and now attacking their political opponents

Foolish NDC government they have cleared their real thieve and now attacking their political opponents
K Poku-London-UK 7 months ago

Africa needs selfless Leaders like Dr Kwame Nkrumah. Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Julius Nyerere of Tanzania were PATRIOTS-Kwame Nkrumah NEVER BUILT ONE ROOM OR A HOUSE FOR HIMSELF. Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, lived on a FARM after he r ...
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Africa needs selfless Leaders like Dr Kwame Nkrumah. Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Julius Nyerere of Tanzania were PATRIOTS-Kwame Nkrumah NEVER BUILT ONE ROOM OR A HOUSE FOR HIMSELF. Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, lived on a FARM after he retired as President. Look at how COMMUNIST ADMIRER, FASCIST President Donald Trump treated the President of South Africa like an animal and a SLAVE. If Africa DO NOT UNITE-The White man or woman would ALWAYS PLAY US LIKE A FOOL AND IDIOTS. No more EASTERN REGION OF GHANA President like ARROGANT AND UNGRATEFUL Akuffo Addo. Bryan Acheampong WOULD BE WORSE. He wanted to buy SNIT HOTELS-No CHANCE for GHANA-HE WILL MORTGAGE Ghana IN TOTAL-COLLATERAL RISK. NEVER EVER.
Wontumi- you stole Ghana money $350 million-you sat in the front row with ARROGANT Akuffo Addo. What do you need 50 million Ghana Cedis for.
NPP is in a state of Mental Health Psychosis- a mental state where an individual's perception of reality is significantly altered, leading to difficulty distinguishing between what is real and what is not. This can manifest as hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that aren't there) or delusions (false beliefs that are not based on reality). It's a set of symptoms that can occur in various mental health conditions, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder. .
YOU BLOODY TANI BAWUMIA. AKUFFO ADDO FAILURE TO PUT THE NATIONAL INTEREST BEFORE HIS FAMILY WAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FACTORS THAT LED TO THE NPP HISTORICAL LOSS IN THE 2024 ELECTIONS. STEALING OF POOR GHANA PENSIONERS MONEY-DDEP
AKUFFO ADDO WAS ARROGANT. HE FORGOT THAT IT WAS THE ELECTORATE WHO VOTED TO GIVE HIM THE POWER.

AKUFFO ADDO STOLE GHANA MONEY £900 MILLION

KEN OFORI ATTA STOLE GHANA MONEY £400 MILLION

EDWARD AKUFFO ADDO STOLE GHANA MONEY £350 MILLION

GABBY OTCHERE DARKO STOLE GHANA MONEY £250 MILLION

NAPO STOLE GHANA MONEY £150 MILLION

BAWUMIA STOLE GHANA MONEY £450 MILLION

YOU BORROWED AND STOLE IT ALL. YOU BORROWED OVER $50 BILLION US DOLLARAHAVE THE NPP FORGOTTEN THE ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS THE NPP VISITED ON GHANAIAN PEOPLE? STEALING OF THE PENSIONERS MONEY, BAWUMIA FAILED ECONOMIC MESSIAH, AKUFFO ADDO REFUSING TO REMOVE HIS COUSIN-KEN OFORI ATTA-DESPITE CAUSING FINANCIAL LOSS TO THE STATE. NPP ARE DREAMERS-GHANA VOTERS ARE NOT FOOLS. REMOVE ALL THE NPP FAILED AND CORRUPT EXECUTIVES WHO ALLOWED TANI AKUFFO ADDO AND HIS FAMILY TO STEAL AND STEAL
Remove Akyem Abuakwa STOOGE Liar Bawumia, The Loser. There should NOT be another Northerner as President because President Mahama has taken that SLOT. We should NOT be afraid of the Northerners-CALL A SPADE, A SPADE. The Northerners are OVER PAMPERED-NPP gets few votes from the North of Ghana and even Bawumia-who is a Northerner could NOT change it.
The LIES that brought the LOSER DRIVERS MATE-BAWUMIA TO THE NPP FLAGBEARERSHIP WAS THAT-BECAUSE HE IS A NORTHERNER-IF HE STANDS WITH PRESIDENT MAHAMA- THE NORTHERN REGIONS OF GHANA WOULD BE DIVIDED BETWEEN BAWUMIA AND PRESIDENT MAHAMA. BUT THE NORTHERN REGIONS OF GHANA VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY FOR PRESIDENT MAHAMA. SO THE DOCTRINE OF BREAKING THE 8 YEARS WAS AN AKYEM ABUAKWA LIES AND TRICKS-THE ILLITERATE CHAIRMAN WONTUMI DID NOT SEE. ASHANTI REGION SHOULD REPLACE BCHAIRMAN WONTUMI BECAUSE YHE IS NOT A STRATEGIC THINKER. ASHANTI REGION SHOULD ALWAYS BE THE KINGMAKER OF THE NPP LEADER BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME OR NUMBER OF VOTES NPP RECEIVES IN THE ASHANTI REGION. NO REGION IN GHANA, GIVE THE NPP THE SAME NUMBER OF VOTES AS THE ASHANTI REGION DOES. SO THERE SHOULD BE WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF VOTES FOR EACH REGION AS PER THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES NPP RECEIVES NATIONALLY.

Factors that contributed to NPP's election loss are:
1. Bad, cruel and reckless policies
2. The inability of the NPP leadership to restrain the ' ka a nka bi syndrome of Akuffo Addo
3. Ken Ofori Atta's OVER SIZED FINANCE MINISTRY WITH OVER REACHING POWERS TO STOP ANY VALUE FOR MONEY PROJECT EXCEPT-CREATE AND LOOT policies-
4. The unrepentant branding of disgruntled members as traitors like ALAN KYEREMATEN
5. The creation and the continuous existence of the Akyem/Kyebi mafia
5. NPP was a galamseyers party and government
6. Reckless borrowing
7. The implementation of the DDEP-STEALING OF POOR GHANA PENSIONERS SAVINGS-VERY DISTATEFUL
8. Divide and rule tactics by Akuffo Addo
9. Christians ganged against a Muslim candidate
10. NNP's betrayal of its grassroots people
11. The " mass stealing syndrome" of the selected and protected elites
12. The neglect of the Ashanti region for the Eastern region-NO PROJECT WAS COMPLETED BY TANI AKUFFO ADDO IN THE ASHANTI REGION-WHO VOTED SKIRT AND BLOUSE TO MAKE HIM PRESIDENT.
13. The pomposity of Akuffo Addo RIDING IN EXPENSIVE PRIVATE JETS and his chosen and protected elites GOING TO EUROPE FOR SHOPPING IN THE PRESIDENTIAL JET
14. Unassertive, weak and chop chop NPP leadership-THE STEALING BRIDGADE
15. The Wontumi factor-ILLITERATE WONTUMI-HE IS NOT A STRATEGIC THINKER-like displaying GOLD BARS ON TV-Womtumi is an IDIOT-Ashantis REMOVE HIM.
16. The imposition and protection of non performing MPs by Akuffo Addo and the elites of the party
17. The " mentumi ne oyi ny3 adwuma mentality of Akuffo Addo
18. The non existence of a fair internal grievance procedure or the hijacking of this machinery by Akuffo Addo
19. The hijacking and the infiltration of non entities and square pegs in round holes in the economic management team of Akuffo Addo and his Akyem mafia
20. The " merengue obiara na merete me ka" posture of Akufo Addo
21. The money na talk syndrome of the party ( moneycracy)
22. ÑPP use communicators who had fallen in favor with its grassroots
23. Communicators could not defend the badly crafted and wickedly intended policies like the DDEP, E-Levy, Agyapa, etc
24. The attempt to use of Covid and Russian- Ukraine war as a cover up for bad and wicked policies- KEN OFORI ATTA BUDGETS-DID NOT HAVE ANY CONTINGENCY MONEY, NO RISK ASSESSMENT WAS CARRIED OUT.
25. Mass fraud and corruption by government people- e.g. EUGENE ARHIN, SIR JOHN, KWABENA ADU BOAHENE
26.Dupping, fraudulent and stealing from proposed but non existed development projects
27. Non performing oversized government, creating job for the boys.
28. No value for money mentality
29. The dollar which was allowed to break the bank. The Ghana cedi lost its value in 2022 under Ken Ofori Atta and the President refused to remove him despite 98 NPP MPs went to see him and he refused to meet them-DICTATORSHIP.
30. Stagflation- high inflation matching stagnant economic growth and unemployment
31. Breakdown of respect for traditional authorities and their people where TANI Akuffo Addo ordered Chiefs to stand when greeting him. What on earth is this liliput, short and ugly Akyem Abuakwa TANI come from?
32. Loose talk by Akuffo Addo- eg, I will not develop the Kwabre community and that no one has lost his thumb and should vote against the party if he or she is dissatisfied. It is only a drug addict who will talk like this and expect his party to win election. He was let loose to speak irresponsibly by the party hierarchy
26. Etc,etc, etc and ect

The reign of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo may have long been over since January 7, 2025, but the very people who helped him during his 8 years in office may not all been enjoying their ‘retirements’ so well, or so quietly.

And this is for reasons aligned to promises and what appears to be a robust aim by the John Dramani Mahama government, which took over from the past one, to prosecute any forms of corruption that arose during the former administration.

These formed part of campaign promises by John Mahama and his National Democratic Congress (NDC), coming into the 2024 Election, and so far, they have been determined on achieving that.

Caught up in that, have been a number of appointees of Akufo-Addo who have ended up several investigations, or, in simple terms, whose names have been linked to controversial wealth that people believe may be, somehow, corruption related.

In this GhanaWeb article, let us take a look at some of the appointees under Akufo-Addo whose wealth came into question, generating national conversations.

In each of these cases, something happened that brought their cases into the public light, prompting national discussions and great interest.

Eugene Arhin

Eugene Arhin was the Director of Communications at the Presidency under Nana Akufo-Addo for the 8 years he was in office.

In 2021, a divorce case with his wife made it into the public, where his wife was demanding for certain reliefs in the separation process.

As part of the things she listed, she made mention of some of the properties owned by Eugene Arhin and these revelations, in the eyes of the public, generated a lot of conversations.

For many, did the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, amass all that in a space of four years, or during his time in public office?

Gloria Assan Arhin, his wife at the time, prayed the Accra High Court to grant her divorce request and also give her a number of properties, including a five-bedroom residential property (which was intended to be the matrimonial home of the parties) situated on a two-plot of land lying at East Legon in Accra; a four-storey building comprising 16 separate flats/apartments situated on a parcel of land at Bubiashie in Accra which land was acquired from a family friend of the petitioner.

She also asked for a storey building being constructed which comprised of 16 separate flats/apartments situated at Tuba-Weija in Accra.

These were but just three of the over twenty properties she sought after as part of the divorce.

Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie (Sir John)

Sir John, a former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), became the Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission of Ghana until his death.

After his death, his will became public, generating another widespread conversation among Ghanaians. It involved a tall list of 75 properties, including houses, parcels of land, bank accounts, investments, businesses, guns and clothes.

His will also raised public concerns following the discovery that he owned lands at the Achimota Forest. This was also because President Akufo-Addo had, at the time, signed an Executive Instrument that said part of the Achimota Forest was no longer a forest reserve.

Critics said the move was a ploy to get the land into the hands of the ruling elite, an accusation the government vehemently denied.

Sir John’s ownership of parcels of lands at the Achimota Forest appeared to have heightened the deep-seated mistrust of the government and its actions.

Below are the properties as listed in the will of the late Sir John:

House on plot number GA54480 located in Ogbojo, East Legon, and acquired on February 12, 2018

House on plot number GA 55329 located at Oyarifa No. 2, acquired on May 11, 2018

House plot number GA 55475 located at Oyarifa No.1, acquired on September 27, 2017

House on plot number GA 5881 located at Adjiringanor, Accra, (white House), acquired on August 7, 2019.

A 6-bedroom house located at Patangbe, Ogbojo, near East Legon.

A 4-bedroom house located in Mempeheusem, East Legon

A 3-bedroom house on plot number TDA 4140 located in Mempehuesem, East Legon

Another 3-bedroom house on plot number TDA 4140 located in Mempehuesem, East Legon

A 4-bedroom house on plot number GA56838 located in East Legon and acquired on October 25, 2018

A 5-bedroom house located in Sakora Wonoo

A 4-storey building located in East Legon, with 10 apartments, each apartment consisting of 3-bedrooms; and five apartments, each consisting of two bedrooms.

LANDS

Two plots of land located in Ahenema Kokoben in the Ashanti Region

Two plots of land with registration number GA56921 located in Oyarifa, which were acquired on November 6, 2018.

A 5.541-acre land located in Achimota Forest held in the name of Jakaypros Limited

A 0.987-acre land located in Achimota Forest held in the name of Fasoh Limited

Unspecified piece of land located in the Achimota Forest jointly owned with Charles Owusu

An unspecified piece of land held in the name of DML located in the Achimota forest

A 5.07-acre land at the Ramsar site, Sakumono

Five plots of land located at Millenium city, Kasoa

One plot of land with certificate number GA60802, located at Mempeheusem, East Legon, acquired on December 13, 2019.

Two plots of land approximately of 0.40acres located at No.7 ARS Lane, Ogbojo, near East legon

One plot of land near the Chain Homes Estate at East Airport Hills.

A piece of land numbered plot 139 located within the Adentaman District (aka Aviation land).

PRIVATE VEHICLES

Lexus LX570 25. Ford Fusion

Lexus V6

Nissan Titan Pick Up V8

Mercedes Benz E68 Sport AMG

Honda Pilot V6

Honda Accord Sport

Toyota Landcruiser V8

Ford 150

Honda Accord 2.0 Touring

Toyota Rav 4, 2019 model

Chevrolet Cruze

Lexus Saloon Car, 2019 model

GUNS

Five pump-action guns

Clothing

BANK ACCOUNTS

National Investment Bank, account no. 1802092960501

CBG, account no. 0302239130003

GT Bank- in the name of Ruth Korkor Odonkor

GT Bank-in the name of Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie

Fidelity Bank, account no. 1060032907210

ADB, in the name of Jakaypros Limited

United States Bank, Wells Fargo, in the name of Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie

Canadian Bank Account, Royal Bank, in the name of Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie INVESTMENTS

ADB: Two million cedis (2,000,000.00), expected to mature in April 2020.

Two hundred and fifty thousand Ghana cedis (GHc 250,000) with NTHC which stood at GHc 303,720.22 as at July 31, 2019.

Joint gold production investment with Francis Owusu Joint ownership in gold production investment with:

ROTL,

FASOH

MBL HOSPITAL

Afriyie Memorial Hospital, located at Sakora Wonoo OTHER BUSINESSES

A fuel Station located at Kentinkrono in the Ashanti region

Fuel tanker vehicles (10 in number)

One teak plantation located at Nkawie in the Ashanti Region

Rubber plantation located in the Eastern Region

Stalls located at the new Kejetia market, Kumasi (3 in number)

Farms at Ejura in the Ashanti Region.

Kwabena Adu-Boahene

The last person in this list of Akufo-Addo appointees whose wealth have courted public conversations is the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau, Kwabena Adu-Boahene.

He and his wife, Angela Adjei-Boateng, were recently detained by the Attorney General’s office following his arrest at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).

Following his detention, Attorney General Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine revealed at a press conference on Monday, March 24, 2025, a list of properties acquired by both suspects since 2018.

This, he said, was established through painstaking investigations by the EOCO and the AG’s office, indicating that the properties acquired were bought using embezzled state funds.

Below is a breakdown of the properties and their estimated values under the couple’s names below:

1. No. 2 stream part drive, Mayfair Estates, LA, Accra which is estimated at $1,000,000 (valued at GH¢15,000,000)

2. No. 6 Edith Avenue, Mayfair Estates, LA, Accra

3. No. 7 Edith Avenue, Mayfair Estates, LA, Accra estimated at a value of $200,000

4. No. 8 Edith Avenue, Mayfair Estates LA, Accra estimated at a value of $97,815

5. No. 9 Edith Avenue, Mayfair Estates LA, Accra also valued at $270,000

6. No. 10 Edith Avenue, Mayfair Estates LA, Accra at $150,000, Additionally, another initial cash deposit of $500,000 was made to purchase 5 houses.

7. Vertex properties at Oyarifa Gated Estate Development. This consists of 27 houses each valued at an estimated cost of $295,000 (GH¢127,000,000).

8. Two properties in London

The AG further disclosed that an amount of up to GH¢39 million was allegedly diverted and embezzled by the suspects from the agency.

"GH¢39,462,480 went into Adu-Boahene and his wife's pockets from one transaction
Gh 7 months ago

Eii NPP we have all this money but still you borrow from local banks. Some of NPP members are thieves and selfish they were definitely cough what they loot
Nana is good man but some of their appointees are thieves

Eii NPP we have all this money but still you borrow from local banks. Some of NPP members are thieves and selfish they were definitely cough what they loot
Nana is good man but some of their appointees are thieves
Kinte 7 months ago

He has a serious case to answer but he wants to use Npp thugs to try to resist arrest. All those who chopped Ghana's money illegally, must be made to vomit it with interest!

He has a serious case to answer but he wants to use Npp thugs to try to resist arrest. All those who chopped Ghana's money illegally, must be made to vomit it with interest!
Kwame Peter 7 months ago

Yes,Ghana is a crime said by a president who took bribe whilst in office as president and that is high crime,in China that qualifies for firing squad.

Yes,Ghana is a crime said by a president who took bribe whilst in office as president and that is high crime,in China that qualifies for firing squad.
elton 7 months ago

Gbemela and gbeha 'silas':were they not pre-informed not to make any last minutes payment before that bush rat went ahead and received the money?Because u people aren't sensible you have willfully failed in your naked stupidi ...
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Gbemela and gbeha 'silas':were they not pre-informed not to make any last minutes payment before that bush rat went ahead and received the money?Because u people aren't sensible you have willfully failed in your naked stupidity to appreciate your level of grand damage to Ghana and the bleeding from your historic defeat.
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Of 7 months ago

How can incoming government order payments not to be made. Under which law.Ghanaians because most of us don't read we allow politicians to use us

How can incoming government order payments not to be made. Under which law.Ghanaians because most of us don't read we allow politicians to use us
Owusu Ansah 7 months ago

Was the payment eligible, that's why we all Ghanaians are looking for because if he qualifies for that payment why should you raid his house???

Was the payment eligible, that's why we all Ghanaians are looking for because if he qualifies for that payment why should you raid his house???
John 7 months ago

This nonsense useless and Stupidity must stop ✋️ ,NDC think Cocobod can make Payment without work done???????? There's no difference between NDC and Rubbers. But the day NDC Mahama terminate his mandate, This Rub ...
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This nonsense useless and Stupidity must stop ✋️ ,NDC think Cocobod can make Payment without work done???????? There's no difference between NDC and Rubbers. But the day NDC Mahama terminate his mandate, This Rubbers will suffer.
Manso 7 months ago

So the NIB raided his house to go and find what? The 50 million? Why can't they gather other authentic evidence and charge him? Why must someone always raid a suspect's home before they can find evidence to charge him? Do the ...
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So the NIB raided his house to go and find what? The 50 million? Why can't they gather other authentic evidence and charge him? Why must someone always raid a suspect's home before they can find evidence to charge him? Do they know the number of houses Wontumi have? Did they search all his houses?That's crass incompetence.
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What nonsense 7 months ago

If a company makes payment to somebody for a business transaction, who do you go to investigate? Is it the company who made the payment or the one who received the payment? Nonsense

If a company makes payment to somebody for a business transaction, who do you go to investigate? Is it the company who made the payment or the one who received the payment? Nonsense
Tt 7 months ago

So the one who wrote this article has seen his level now

So the one who wrote this article has seen his level now
NDC Propaganda secretary 7 months ago

I am a self acclaimed hater of chairman Wotumi mainly because of his distraction of the environment and uneducated and in some cases his moronic pronouncement. But I don’t see the authority of the then incoming government t ...
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I am a self acclaimed hater of chairman Wotumi mainly because of his distraction of the environment and uneducated and in some cases his moronic pronouncement. But I don’t see the authority of the then incoming government to ask the sitting government not to make payment to creditors. They simply didn’t have that authority. Now my thing is that why don’t you rather hold those who made the payment responsible. Was there a contract between Wotumi and Cocobod. Was there a due diligence done before the payment?. If all of this were than then I see this as political vendetta and nothing else and the case will go nowhere and with time, Ghanaians will start questioning the ability of this government to deliver on it huge promises that some of us have trusted they can deliver.
Awuradebasa 7 months ago

Akufo Addo killed out dear nation Ghana with his cronies

Akufo Addo killed out dear nation Ghana with his cronies
FunnyGhana 7 months ago

50 million paid to this guy yet no money for kidney dialysis , no money for pensioners, haircuts to everyone except themselves

50 million paid to this guy yet no money for kidney dialysis , no money for pensioners, haircuts to everyone except themselves
Ghanani 7 months ago

Thieves ruled Ghana. Kwame Nkrumah never described the Danquah/Busia people as nation wreckers for fun.The evidence is there for Ghanaians to know. More serious financial crimes against the state are yet to be exposed.

Thieves ruled Ghana. Kwame Nkrumah never described the Danquah/Busia people as nation wreckers for fun.The evidence is there for Ghanaians to know. More serious financial crimes against the state are yet to be exposed.
Ghanani 7 months ago

Akuffo-Addo wants a safe place to go and hide. Soon he will be implicated in some of these criminal financial transactions. He is having sleepless nights and nightmares. Poor soul!!!.

Akuffo-Addo wants a safe place to go and hide. Soon he will be implicated in some of these criminal financial transactions. He is having sleepless nights and nightmares. Poor soul!!!.

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