Following the Accra High Court 20-year sentencing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, a list of politically exposed persons who received a presidential pardon has been shared by a netizen on X.
In a post shared on X, the netizen wrote, “PRESIDENTIAL PARDON FOR POLITICALLY EXPOSED PERSONS:
Let’s go back in retrospect.
Under President John Agyekum Kufuor (2001–2009), several former officials and appointees of the previous NDC administrations of Presidents Jerry Rawlings and John Atta Mills’ predecessors were prosecuted. Some were convicted and imprisoned for offences including willfully causing financial loss to the state, conspiracy, or related corruption offences.
Among the most prominent were:
🔹Tsatsu Tsikata – Convicted in 2008 of willfully causing financial loss to the state over the Valley Farms investment. He was sentenced to 5 years’ imprisonment, but later received a presidential pardon before serving the full term.
🔹Dan Abodakpi – Convicted in 2007 on charges including conspiracy, defrauding by false pretences, and willfully causing financial loss to the state in relation to the Quality Grain Project. He was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment, but was later granted a presidential pardon.
🔹Kwame Peprah – Convicted in connection with the Quality Grain affair and sentenced to 8 years’ imprisonment. He was later pardoned.
🔹Victor Selormey – Convicted in the same Quality Grain case and sentenced to 8 years’ imprisonment. He also later benefited from a presidential pardon.
🔹Ibrahim Adam – Convicted in relation to the Quality Grain case and sentenced to 2 years’ imprisonment.
🔹George Sipa-Adjah Yankey – Convicted in the Quality Grain case and sentenced to 2 years’ imprisonment.
These convictions formed part of the Kufuor administration’s anti-corruption prosecutions and remain among the most notable cases involving former NDC officials.
Now, will Chairman Wontumi benefit from this too?
The future is pregnant”.
Meanwhile, Kwabena Nsenkyire, a former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ashanti Regional Vice Chairman, has begged President John Dramani Mahama to grant Chairman Wontumi a presidential pardon.
According to Kwabena Nsenkyire, Wontumi’s 20-year prison sentence has saddened party members, but he noted that their immediate focus was on ensuring justice.
He stated, “The news has dampened our spirits. But that is not our focus now. We are rather looking at justice prevailing”.
“After we hear from his lawyers, we’d know what to do, as a party,” he explained.
He called on President Mahama to consider granting Chairman Wontumi a presidential pardon.
“It’d be good for President Mahama to pardon him. It will increase his glory, too”, he said.
Kwabena Nsenkyire highlighted that President Mahama pardoning Wontumi will reinforce his reputation as a “father for all”, which will demonstrate the Christian values associated with his Assemblies of God faith.
Also, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described Chairman Wontumi as a “political prisoner”.
According to the NPP, Wontumi has been politically targeted by the John Mahama-led NDC government.
The NPP, addressing a press conference in Accra on Monday, July 20, addressed by the General Secretary of the party, Justin Frimpong Kodua, announced plans to mount a legal and political challenge against his conviction.
See the post below:
PRESIDENTIAL PARDON FOR POLITICALLY EXPOSED PERSONS:
— Esi ⚖️ (@EsinamJean) July 21, 2026
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