The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has dismissed claims that its officers ransacked a property belonging to New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, insisting that officials merely carried out a routine exercise to facilitate the valuation of the court-frozen property.
In a news release issued on Monday, November 9, 2026, EOCO said officers from the anti-graft agency, accompanied by officials of the Lands Commission, visited Wontumi’s property in Tema solely to obtain the property’s coordinates and measurements ahead of a professional valuation.
According to EOCO, the property had already been frozen by the Office, with the action subsequently confirmed by a court last year, making the valuation exercise part of due legal process.
“Officers from the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) and officers from the Lands Commission today visited a property in Tema belonging to Chairman Wontumi,” the statement said.
EOCO explained that the visit was intended to enable the Lands Commission to undertake a professional valuation of the property, stressing that officials were not conducting a search or any operation that could be described as a raid.
“As part of due process, EOCO and Lands Commission officials were at the property to pick the coordinates and measurements to enable the Lands Commission to conduct a professional valuation,” the Office stated.
The anti-corruption agency further sought to downplay reports suggesting that its officials had stormed or ransacked the premises, describing such accounts as false.
According to the statement, the entire exercise lasted less than ten minutes and was completed peacefully without any confrontation or damage to the property.
“The activity was completed in less than 10 minutes without any incident. This is what has been characterised as ransacking of Wontumi’s house,” EOCO said.
The Office consequently urged members of the public to disregard reports circulating in sections of the media alleging that its officers had ransacked the property.
“EOCO urges the general public to disregard false publication circulating within the media space about the said activity,” the statement concluded.
The latest clarification comes amid heightened public interest in investigations involving Chairman Wontumi and follows widespread reports and commentary surrounding the visit by EOCO officials to his Tema property.
EOCO, however, maintains that Monday’s exercise formed part of the lawful process of assessing a property already under a court-confirmed freezing order and was conducted professionally, peacefully and without incident.