The Ashanti Regional Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Yandoh, has begged President John Mahama on his knees on live TV not to allow Chairman Wontumi to go to prison.
In a live show on Prime Rakon, Paul Yandoh made a passionate appeal to President John Dramani Mahama to intervene in the ongoing prosecutions against Wontumi.
Speaking in an interview on June 15, 2026, Paul Yandoh went on his knees and begged President Mahama, saying, “We know that there were excesses in some of the cases, and if you don’t come in, it would only end with… We are on our knees, begging; please intervene in this matter.
“Don’t let Wontumi go to prison; I’m on my knees begging, Mr President. We know you are a father for all; please don’t let Wontumi go, don’t let him go (to prison). We are on our knees begging”.
He added, “Please intervene so that Wontumi would not go to prison. We know that if you speak, the matter will come to an end. Mr President, have mercy on Wontumi.”
Earlier, Paul Yandoh disclosed that Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, would be the first national chairman of the NPP to be elected while in prison.
The NPP man, listening to the conversations surrounding Wontumi’s ongoing trial, he beileves the NPP Ashanti Regional chairman would be jailed.
According to Paul Yandoh, even if Wontumi is jailed, they will still vote for him as the NPP’s national chairman.
He further claimed that the NDC government will have no option but to release Wontumi after he is voted as the NPP chairman.
Speaking in an interview on Okay FM on June 12, 2026, Paul Yandoh stated, “When you listen to lawyer Appiah-Kubi, he says if the court follows the law and not public opinion, Wontumi will not be guilty of any crime. So, if a lawyer says this, is it not prison that you are going to?
“That would mean Wontumi will be the first national chairman to be elected while in prison. And the NDC government will have no option but to release him. We will vote for him, and we will vote for him even in prison,” Yandoh emphasised.
Meanwhile, Samuel Atta Akyea, the new counsel for Chairman Wontumi, has explained the decision to represent his new client.
Atta Akyea highlighted that he decided to ensure that Wontumi was not left without legal representation at a critical stage of his criminal case.
According to Atta Akyea, the case is highly sensitive and adding that allowing an accused person to face proceedings without counsel would not serve the interests of justice.
Speaking on Citi Eyewitness News on Monday, June 15, Atta Akyea explained, “I think that this case is very sensitive. For him not to have legal representation at this stage will not sit well with the criminal justice delivery system”.
“Andy had indicated to my latest client that he wanted to exit the case, so he was not fired. It was his voluntary announcement to Wontumi that, for some considerations, he did not see himself continuing with the case,” Atta Akyea explained.
“It is too sensitive a stage for him to be abandoned, and I can say that was one of the considerations that made me elect to help him,” he said.
Atta Akyea also added that defence lawyers are expected to marshal the evidence and present written submissions aimed at proving that the prosecution has failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.
“The strength of the written submission, if it is based on evidence and law, can be good enough to secure an acquittal. Most lawyers will agree with me that that is how it works,” he stated.
Watch the video below:
Paul Yandoh falls to his knees ,begging H.E. John Dramani Mahama to be lenient with chairman wontumi .#PrimeRakon pic.twitter.com/ohKgOPNVzo
— Prime Rakon (@prime_rakon) June 15, 2026
