Source: tntnewspapergh.com

A credible news report reaching TNT Newspaper online indicates that the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, will go to Manhyia Palace today (29th January 2024) amid tight security.

Chairman Wontumi is expected to be led to the palace to meet Nananom of the Kumasi Traditional Council (KTC) by the General Secretary of the NPP, Lawyer Justin Frimpong Kodua, leading members of the party and some prominent citizens.

It would be recalled that at the last sitting of the KTC chaired by Baffour Owusu Amankwatia VI of Bantama, the council ordered NPP leadership to drag Chairman Wontumi to the Manhyia Palace, including the management and hosts of Wontumi TV/Radio, as well as Lawyer Maurice Ampaw, a private legal practitioner, who also hosts a programme on Wontumi TV.

Their invitation follows an accusation against Chairman Wontumi who is alleged to have disrespected Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and Asanteman during a recent NPP vetting at Asokwa .

The allegation has, therefore, attracted public comments and a series of press statements and counter statements.

Already, the management of Multimedia has issued an unqualified apology to the Nananom of KTC over some unfortunate comments about chiefs.

There has been some misunderstanding between Otumfuo’s Kokosohene, Nana Kwaku Duah, who doubles as the Chairman for the Manhyia South NPP Council of Elders, and Chairman Wontumi.

Chairman Wontumi is said to have cursed Otumfuo’s Kokosohene with ‘antoa’ over the issue at stake.

The NPP National Organiser, Henry Nana Boakye, popularly known as Nana B, has commented on Facebook that he can’t confirm whether or not this issue has attracted a rebuttal from the Manhyia South NPP Chairman, Ofori-Atta, aka Tomtom.