I’ve Never Disrespected Asantehene – Wontumi Finally Reacts To Claims

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I've Never Disrespected Asantehene - Wontumi Finally Reacts To Claims

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-medium-font-size"><strong>Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party &lpar;NPP&rpar;&comma; Bernard Antwi Boasiako&comma; aka Chairman Wontumi has finally reacted to claims that he disrespected the Ashantehene Otumfuo with utterances he made recently&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to Chairman Wontumi&comma; he denies any allegation of challenging the authority of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II&comma; the Asantehene&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma; the said allegations are false&comma; malicious&comma; and misleading&comma; accusing certain elements of attempting to create a rift between him&comma; the ruling party&comma; and the Asantehene&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;occupygh&period;com&sol;file&sol;occupygh&sol;2024&sol;01&sol;OGtREZYH-otumfuo-osei-tutu-jpg&period;webp" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-193614"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma; the said allegations are false&comma; malicious&comma; and misleading&comma; accusing certain elements of attempting to create a rift between him&comma; the ruling party and the Asantehene&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In a press statement dated January 11&comma; 2024&comma; he said&comma; his office &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;has taken notice of a news report circulating on both the traditional and social media space&comma; suggesting that I have acted in a manner that is disrespectful to His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Specifically&comma; the said news report was carried on Monday&comma; 10th January 2024 edition of the Punch newspaper and also on AkomaFM&sol;Onuaonline&comma; both NDC sponsored news outlets&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;First&comma; I would like to place on record that&comma; this story is false&comma; malicious&comma; misleading and a calculated attempt by some elements to pitch the ruling party and my good self against the Asantehene&comma; the occupant of the Golden stool&comma; for reasons best known to them&comma;” part of the press statement said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Wontumi asserted that he never made any statement to that effect during or after the said NPP vetting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have never made any statement or gestures&comma; before&comma; during or after the vetting that should warrant such disgraceful and an unfounded reportage&comma; and&comma; I therefore&comma; urge party faithfuls and the good people of Asanteman to respectfully&comma; disregard this and treat it with the contempt it deserves&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;What was laughable is the fact that the writers and sponsors of this malicious venture&comma; could not even provide any evidence to buttress their points as they hid behind &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;it is alleged”&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;he is reported to have…”&comma; but could not make a definite statement in their reportage&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;he added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Wontumi continued&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This clearly indicates that this was a calculated move targeted at my person by some NDC media outlets and their sponsors&comma; just to tarnish my reputation&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>It was reported earlier that the Manhyia Palace had summoned Chairman Wontumi to explain his alleged disrespect towards Otumfuo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The incident is said to have happened at the NPP parliamentary primaries vetting committee meeting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The NPP National Organiser&comma; Henry Nana Boakye&comma; who chaired the vetting committee&comma; dismissed claims of Wontumi disrespecting Otumfuo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source<&sol;strong>&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;OccupyGh&period;com">OccupyGh&period;com<&sol;a> <&sol;p><p class&equals;"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;chat&period;whatsapp&period;com&sol;JVGCtXdCoiKHCI3CXwMC5l" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">Tap To Join Our<&sol;a> WhatsApp Community<&sol;p> &NewLine;

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