The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has clarified that its officials, together with officers from the Lands Commission, visited a property belonging to Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, in Tema to undertake preliminary work towards its professional valuation.
In a statement, EOCO said the property had been frozen by the Office, with the action subsequently confirmed by a court last year.
According to EOCO, the visit was intended to establish the property’s geographical coordinates and take measurements to enable the Lands Commission to conduct a professional valuation.
The Office said the exercise was completed in less than 10 minutes without any incident.
EOCO’s clarification follows media reports and public discussions describing the visit as a search or ransacking of Chairman Wontumi’s property.
The Office has rejected those accounts, urging the public to disregard what it described as false publications surrounding the exercise.
The statement was signed by the Head of Corporate Affairs and Public Education on behalf of the Executive Director.
By Peter Quao Adattor.paqmediagh
