Kwasi Addai Odike, Founder and Leader of the Union Government, has boldly refuted claims made by the Ashanti regional Chairman of the NPP Chairman Wontumi, who claimed his farm was destroyed by natural disasters caused by flooding.
According to Kwasi Addai Odike, the claims by Chairman Wontumi are lies.
He argued that he has been to Wontumi’s maize farm before and it is not located at a Ramsar site nor in a flood-prone area.
Kwasi Addai Odike disclosed that even former President Akufo-Addo knows that Wontumi’s maize farm is not in a flood-prone area.
Speaking on Class TV, Akwasi Addai Odike narrated, “God is not asleep. I constructed a road, and Amoako-Atta came to Kumasi. They did not pay me, so I heard he was coming to the regional office in Kumasi, and I went there. We were standing close to his car to chat, and Akufo-Addo arrived, planning to go and visit Wontumi’s Farm.
Osei Assibey was the Mayor then, and he asked me to sit in his car so they could go to Wontumi’s farm for me to speak with government officials later”.
He further added, “I have been to Wontumi’s farm before. Wontumi’s maize farm was not well catered for; there were weeds all over. When we got there, everything was ‘burnt’, but Akufo-Addo did not alter a word after what he saw; he just went back to his car”.
Kwasi Addai Odike boldly added, “Wontumi’s farm is not even at a Ramsar site or a flood-prone area. Anyone who says that is lying. If you like, we should take your cameras there. I know the place.
A council of state members whose farm was even closer to Wontumi’s farm has a big warehouse, where he stored his previous harvest; he showed Akufo-Addo. All the things Wontumi was doing were emboldened by Akufo-Addo”.
His comments come on the heels of Chairman Wontumi, who has shed light on the circumstances surrounding the Exim Bank case.
According to Wontumi, in 2018, he went for a loan to invest in a commercial farm he planned to establish in Sekyere.
Wontumi disclosed that he went through the proper process to secure a loan, adding that he did not misappropriate the loan.
Chairman Wontumi explained that his commercial maize farm was later destroyed by heavy rains, a natural disaster beyond his control.
Speaking in an interview with Asaasepa Radio, Chairman Wontumi disclosed, “On the back of the plea bargain, I want to clarify that in 2018 I went to the bank to secure funds in order to invest in a commercial farm I planned to establish in Sekyere. We applied as a company, provided the required collateral, and received a term sheet from the bank. They even directed us to an insurance company to cover the farm”.
“Unfortunately, heavy rains later destroyed the maize farm, a natural disaster beyond my control,” he claimed.
“That same year, we became first runner-up in the Farmers’ Day celebration, which shows that the farm was not a small venture but a significant operation”.
“Who can simply walk into a bank and obtain a loan without going through the proper procedures? I followed the required process, step by step. This is the narrative I want to present regarding the Exim Bank case”, he explained.
It will be recalled that Chairman Wontumi was slapped with fresh charges over a GH¢14.3M Exim Bank loan case.
He was slapped with fresh charges, including fraud by false pretence.
Wontumi, Thomas Antwi-Boasiako (at large) and Wontumi Farms Limited are facing four counts of charges per the charge sheet filed on Friday, May 15, 2026.
The charge sheet filed on Friday, May 15, 2026, signed by Deputy Attorney General Dr Justice Srem-Sai, detailed that “Chairman Wontumi is personally facing three of the four counts of the charge of defrauding by false pretence, contrary to Section 131 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29); uttering of a forged document, contrary to Section 169 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29); and money laundering, contrary to Section 1(2)(c) of the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2020 (Act 1044)”.
“Together with Thomas Antwi-Boasiako and Wontumi Farms Limited, they are facing the charge of intentionally causing financial loss to a public body, contrary to Section 179A(2) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)”, Starr FM stated.
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Chairman Wontumi farm is never in a flood prone Area Nana Addo is aware because i visited the Farm with him – Odike, Leader Union Government party.#PrimeRakon pic.twitter.com/bhXrDYNTfv
— Prime Rakon (@prime_rakon) June 17, 2026
