The High Court revokes the bench warrant for Chairman Wontumi's arrest.
Bernard Antwi Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi, is the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and the Accra High Court has revoked the bench warrant it had previously issued for his arrest.
A report by Citinewsroom suggests that the bench warrant was issued around 9:40 a.m. and remained active until Wontumi and his legal team arrived shortly after 10 a.m.
He said to the court that he had ordered his client to come at 10 a.m. because he thought the proceedings were due for a case management meeting at that time.
The presiding judge lifted the arrest warrant at 11:39 a.m. after taking the explanation into consideration, but he warned Chairman Wontumi to arrive on time for all further sessions.
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Since then, the court has mandated that he stay on a stop list at all points of entry and departure until additional orders are given and that he report to investigators twice a month.
As the state continues to press its case against him, the embattled NPP chairman is still under judicial scrutiny, but the bench warrant’s withdrawal provides him with some brief respite.
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