The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) says its visit to the Tema residence of former NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, was to support a property valuation exercise.
The Office, in a statement on Monday, November 9, 2026, dismissed media reports that its officers had ransacked the property, explaining that the team was accompanied by officials of the Lands Commission.
According to EOCO, the officials were at the residence to obtain coordinates and measurements needed by the Lands Commission to conduct a professional valuation.
It said the property had been frozen by the Office, with the action confirmed by a court last year, making the valuation exercise part of the due process.
EOCO maintained that the exercise lasted less than 10 minutes and that no incident occurred.
“This is what has been characterised as ransacking of Wontumi’s house,” the statement said.
The Office also urged the public to disregard media reports it described as false.
The explanation contradicts an earlier account by Wontumi’s spokesperson, Palgrave Boakye Danquah, who said five officers entered the property while the politician’s children were at home.
Danquah alleged that the officers moved around the residence, went upstairs and took photographs and videos. He said the visit lasted between 30 and 45 minutes.
He also questioned whether documents previously served on Wontumi’s legal team by EOCO authorised the officers to search the property.
EOCO’s statement says the purpose of the visit was to obtain measurements and coordinates for the Lands Commission’s valuation.
