The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has clarified that its officers, together with officials from the Lands Commission, visited a property belonging to former Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, in Tema to undertake preliminary work towards its professional valuation.
The exercise, which took place on Monday, November 9, 2026, involved the collection of geographical coordinates and measurements of the property to enable the Lands Commission to conduct an official valuation.
In a news release issued on Monday, EOCO said the property had previously been frozen by the office, with the action subsequently confirmed by a court last year.
According to the office, the visit forms part of the established legal and administrative processes relating to the property and was intended to facilitate the professional assessment of its value.
EOCO stressed that the exercise was limited to taking measurements and identifying the geographical coordinates of the property, rather than conducting any search or extensive operation at the premises.
“The activity was completed in less than 10 minutes without any incident,” the statement said.
The clarification follows reports and publications circulating in sections of the media suggesting that officers had ransacked Chairman Wontumi’s property during the visit.
However, EOCO rejected those accounts, describing them as false and urging the public to disregard what it termed misleading publications about the exercise.
The office maintained that the presence of its officers and Lands Commission officials at the property was strictly for valuation-related purposes.
The involvement of the Lands Commission is intended to ensure that the property is professionally assessed, with the measurements and coordinates serving as essential information for the valuation process.
The latest clarification is expected to address public speculation surrounding the visit and distinguish the valuation exercise from claims that the property has been subjected to a search or ransacking.
By 1960news.com
