Maurice Ampaw, a Private legal practitioner, has begged President John Dramani Mahama to intervene in the incarceration of the former Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi.
The Private legal practitioner called on Ghanaian business mogul Ibrahim Mahama to intervene on behalf of the incarcerated Wontumi.
According to Maurice Ampaw, Ibrahim Mahama has the influence to intervene on behalf of Chairman Wontumi.
He further appealed to President John Dramani Mahama to reconsider his position on Chairman Wontumi’s case, urging the President not to allow people around him to negatively influence his decisions.
Speaking in an interview on Movement TV shared on social media, Maurice Ampaw stated, “I pray that Ibrahim Mahama will remember his junior brother because there should be sober reflection. His brother is suffering, and I believe he can do something about it. I believe that he should take advantage of this opportunity to visit Chairman Wontumi in prison and have a talk with him.
“As human beings, we must put aside all acrimonies and reconcile. Time is too short; we don’t have time. Day in and day out, we are all heading towards our graves.”
“That is why I am calling on President Mahama to reflect, with his two and a half years [in office], and reconsider. He shouldn’t allow people around him to deceive him. I know he has a good heart, but people are deceiving him,” he said.
Meanwhile, some days ago, Maurice Ampaw criticised some top members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), including Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh (Napo), for smiling and chit-chatting with business mogul Ibrahim Mahama at the funeral of Peter Mac Manu’s wife over the weekend.
According to Maurice Ampaw, NPP stalwarts should stop being hypocritical; he stressed that their warm interaction with Ibrahim Mahama was a “piss-off” to some party foot soldiers.
Maurice Ampaw argued that Ibrahim Mahama had what it took to prevent Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Wontumi, from going to jail, but he looked on while he was sentenced to imprisonment.
Speaking on Movement TV, Maurice Ampaw stated, “To those NPP executives who, when Ibrahim Mahama came to the funeral and were smiling and chit-chatting with him, that is a piss-off to some of our party foot soldiers. Stop the hypocrisy. For me, there’s no way I will see Ibrahim Mahama and get close to him. That’s my life. I don’t hate him, but I don’t like someone who is a hypocrite”.
“How can Ibrahim Mahama and co allow Wontumi to be jailed when he has what it takes to save Wontumi? I am the lawyer for Wontumi against Ibrahim Mahama, so I know what I am talking about when I say he has what it takes to save Wontumi,” he said.
“They swore to deal with Wontumi, and now they have fulfilled it. Today, they are at a funeral, and you NPP executives allow Ibrahim Mahama to be in your midst, shake hands with you and chit-chat with you. How would Wontumi feel?” he asked.
He further alleged that Ibrahim Mahama is trying to “play smart” with both major political parties by maintaining relationships with individuals on both sides so that nobody can hold him accountable when government changes because of those relationships.
According to him, anyone who played a role in the imprisonment of Chairman Wontumi would be considered an enemy and would never be his friend.
Maurice Ampaw stated, “Ibrahim Mahama is trying to play smart with both parties, NDC and NPP, so that when the government changes, nobody can touch him”.
“For me, anybody who played a role in jailing Chairman Wontumi, including the judge who presided over the case, even though she was my classmate, is not my friend. If I see her, I will pass her by. But for jailing Wontumi at that speed, she has become my enemy for life,” he added.
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“Day in, day out, human beings are getting closer to the grave, please show mercy on Chairman Wontumi; he’s suffering,” —lawyer Maurice Ampaw has appealed to President John Mahama. His appeal comes as Chairman Wontumi remains incarcerated at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison, where he is serving a 20-year sentence following his conviction over illegal mining activities at the Samreboi concession in the Western Region. Chairman Wontumi has appealed the conviction and is currently seeking bail pending the determination of his appeal.
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