By: tntnewspapergh.com

A former Afigya Kwabre South Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Chairman Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, popularly known as COKA, has appealed to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) and the government to reduce Mr. Bernard Antwi-Boasiako’s (Chairman Wontumi’s) bail conditions of GH¢50 million.

Chairman Odeneho Kwaku aka COKA

The call was made on his Facebook post on Friday, 30th May 2025 .

He wrote: “All that we (NPP supporters) are asking for is a reduction of the 50 million Ghana cedis (500 billion old cedis) bail conditions. Why this unreasonable bail conditions?

Chairman Wontumi

“The NDC government must know that just six months ago, we were in power but today we are in opposition. Ɛmmerɛ yɛnni nka so. Coka, l care.”

COKA, who has been a consistent advocate of injustice against mankind and respect and lawful invitations of persons by the security agencies, especially former government appointees to assist investigations, in a similar post on Thursday, called on President John Mahama to advise the security agencies, especially NIB and EOCO, to act lawfully.

Since the attempted arrest of Chairman Wontumi by the office of NIB and personnel of the Ghana Police Service and his subsequent detention, COKA has kept on demanding justice for Chairman Wontumi in order not for the security agencies to set bad precedents.

Meanwhile, according to a story by Emma Ankrah ,
Minority MPs in Parliament staged a walkout in protest of the continued detention of Chairman Wontumi.

Chairman Wontumi was arrested by EOCO on Tuesday, May 27, after he had reported to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for questioning. He was subsequently detained at the EOCO head office in Accra.

His lawyer, Andy Appiah Kubi, confirmed to Graphic Online that his client was being investigated on allegations of causing financial loss to the state.

He was subsequently granted bail of GH¢50 million with two sureties, both to be justified.

Chairman Wontumi, however, spent the night behind bars at the EOCO headquarters in Accra after failing to meet the full bail conditions.

Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Thursday, May 29, Mr Afenyo-Markin declared that the Minority would boycott all parliamentary proceedings until EOCO reviews and varies the bail conditions of Chairman Wontumi and releases him from custody.

“The NPP side, however, our numbers, we will protest by absenting ourselves from the proceedings of this House,” the Minority Leader said.

“Mr Speaker, they [EOCO] must do the right thing and we will not be part of any proceedings until the right thing is done,” he added.

He called on his colleagues on the Majority side to stand in solidarity.

Prior to the walkout, the Minority MPs rose to their feet, chanting a line from Ghana’s national anthem — “and help us to resist oppressors’ rule with all our will and might forevermore.”

They repeated the same anthem’s line in a symbolic act of defiance while they walked out.

After walking out of the chamber, the MPs announced that they were trekking to the offices of EOCO which is about 30 minutes away from the premises of Parliament.