Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has recounted what he described as a near-death experience during his time in the custody of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).
Wontumi was arrested on May 27, 2025, after being invited by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for questioning over alleged serious criminal offences, including fraud, causing financial loss to the state, and money laundering.
Speaking at a political event in the Adansi Asokwa constituency on Wednesday, September 10, he described the conditions of his detention as life-threatening.
“When I was arrested by EOCO, if you count your legs three times, that’s the width of the place where I was kept,” he told the crowd. “If you look at where I slept, I nearly died.”
He suggested his experience was both physical and spiritual, alleging that he sensed the presence of deceased relatives—a sign, in his view, that his life was close to ending.
“If someone is about to die, you’d know. You would see your relatives who have already passed away; you would begin to sense their presence around you, which literally means you are about to join them,” he said.
Wontumi emotionally compared his suffering to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, recalling Christ’s cry on the cross as he related it to his own ordeal.
“I felt the presence of death around me in the place I was kept, just like when Jesus Christ shouted, ‘Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani.’ That’s when I also shouted, ‘People of Ghana, arise! Ghana, arise! It is because of you that I am being treated this way,’” he declared.
Source: AdomOnline
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