AG to prosecute Chairman Wontumi over alleged GH¢24 million loss to the state

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  • Apraku 14 hours ago

    Interesting times , prosecute Wontumi and leave Collins Dauda who has caused a 200 million dollars financial lost to Ghana.The most useless political AG in the Ghanaian history.

  • AKUFO ADDO is a thief 14 hours ago

    ARE U ALSO A BENEFICIARY? LET THE LAW WORK. ASHANTIS ARE FOOLS AND CRIMINALS. CRIMINALS. KRONFOUR . HE WILL GO TO JAIL. MARK IT. KWASIAFOUR. THE PROBLEM OF GHANA IS ASHANTIS. WE KNOW.

  • prophet mohammed was a sick dog 14 hours ago

    Say no to islam and convert to a real religion.
    Allah is satanic scum and qur'an is toilet paper........Search online for ways to move away from evil islam..........You can join ex-muslim groups online and be safe. Yo ...
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  • Ben 13 hours ago

    This shows you how stupid and corrupt this Attorney General is. He discontinued cases of Collin’s Dauda, Duffour and co that involved billions of cedis because his palms were greased but is shamelessly chasing $2 million ca ...
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  • Lampard 13 hours ago

    NDCeivers is a curse to Ghana. Incompetent AG with a bogus case.

  • Abu 13 hours ago

    Even Atopahene Mahama knows this case is going nowhere.

  • Ashitey 13 hours ago

    Press conference FC at it again. One million pressers, zero cases won. Ayine has to be the worst attorney general in the history of Ghana.

  • Karikakchar 12 hours ago

    Successfully prosecute and stop the long talk. After arresting the man Rambo style you're unable to press charges against him but keep addressing the press

  • Partial 12 hours ago

    Well, a thief is a thief but we want justice for all. I have no sympathy for anyone who dips their hands in state pockets but where are the NDC thieves? Are we saying if it's NDC it's ok but NPP not ok. I know Akuffo addo go ...
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  • Sinkhala 11 hours ago

    Hahahaha... NPP ni aboa kwasiampanin ba..!! Stop crying and sit up well. There are more prosecutions lined up for you guys. You ain't seen nothing yet.

  • WRESCODER 10 hours ago

    Ben YOUR USELESS NPP had 8 years and you could not pressure your npp to deal with Collin Dauda? does this mean you're also useless?

  • Jojo 8 hours ago

    If nation wreckers like your NPP criminal gang had evidence against Dauda n co why were they not in jail after 8 years of persecution? That fact is always a fact. Ghana is working again under the National Savior Mahama and AG ...
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  • Prasho 12 hours ago

    May Allah shower His curses on you and your entire generation for the hatred of the Holy Prophet, you will never ever see good in your miserable life

  • OGyam 12 hours ago

    @ Prasho......Personally, I do not like the guy who churns out the comment on a daily basis, but there is nothing holy about Mohammed who raided caravans and killied their owners for their properties, had sex with a nine year ...
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  • Karikakchar 12 hours ago

    Your attempt at creating a religious conflict in GH will fail

  • Nana 13 hours ago

    We thought Dr Ayine and his NDC were going to tell us how Nana Akuffo Addo and his ppl looted the whole of BoG . As for Chairman Wontumi he deserves whatever punishment NDC wants to give him. It will be a good precedence.

  • The Wiseman 12 hours ago

    Are you jealous of the golden Asantes? Don't worry, just join us. Ok?

  • KWASI SARPONG 12 hours ago

    YOU JEALOUS ASHANTI'S. USELESS PERSON. MARK IT ON THE WALL. WONTUMI WILL BE SET FREE. BUSH PERSON WITH! BUSH MIND

  • Samus 12 hours ago

    WOYOME is also an Ashanti. KWASIA.

  • Mahama 6 hours ago

    You are happy just because you hate ashantis????

  • WRESCODER 14 hours ago

    Your useless NPP spent 8 years, and they could not do anything against Dauwuda? This shows how useless NPP and their supporters are!

  • DotCom 13 hours ago

    As a public figure, Wontumi has done and said so many terrible things however, I would ask the courts to temper mercy with justice. I have always viewed him as a child and a fearful, weak fellow. Feel sorry for him. Let him p ...
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  • Atta Kay 13 hours ago

    @ DotCom
    Chairman Wontumi shd be punish severely, he knew he was stealing but he kept on insulting John Dramani Mahama in opposition. No mercy for him. The same will be done to NDC members insulting Bawumia and Akuffo Addo ...
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  • DotCom 9 hours ago

    Have mercy for your fellow human being. We need the monies first. I don't believe long term jail will serve any purpose. You looks miserable. He can't last in jail and people will blame the government later.

  • Aba 8 hours ago

    For what? Loose talk

  • Bk 13 hours ago

    What do you expect from the slave selling, head chopping rat toilet eating Asantes?

  • Fii 13 hours ago

    Jail awaits Wontumi. Every Akufo Addo’s appointee is a criminal

  • Johnny 13 hours ago

    The Laws of Ghana allows President John Dramani Mahama govt to prosecute Nana Akuffo Addo for any wrong doing .Akuffo Addo can be imprison. The same Law can also send President Mahama and All his family members to prison in f ...
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  • Opoku Amsterdam 12 hours ago

    It is clear from the comments above that Ndc shallow minded scumbags can't think at all. They are so full of hatred for Wontumi because they and their families didn't make it in life .Their useless families could not raise th ...
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  • La Pleasure man 12 hours ago

    Opoku the asscleaner in Amsterdam.. He lives in a social welfare apartment and wipes old white asses for a living.. gore klootzak..

  • Dwen Ka Kra 10 hours ago

    @ OPOKU..... You do not have to be an NDC to despise a scumbag like
    Wontumi.You need a thinking brain which, an idiot like you do not have. A man who destroys the livelihood of millions through eco terrorism, defrauds a na ...
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  • Agyemang Badu 13 hours ago

    With all these corruption in your cupboard why would you be insulting the President and challenging his authority to attract attention to yourself, Wontumi?

  • Yao 12 hours ago

    I thought the AG would prosecute Wontumi for engaging in illegal mining? Now he is charged with obtaining a loan by fraudulent means?

  • K. Opoku-London-UK 8 hours ago

    Please- you CANNOT compare Dr Kwame Nkrumah with your AKYEM PEOPLE. Dr Kwame Nkrumah was an honest and PATRIOTIC person with INTEGRITY. Compare J B Danquah and his descendants-AKYEM PEOPLE are UNPATRIOTIC and GREEDY/SELFISH. ...
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  • Kofi 5 hours ago

    Who told you Nkrumah was an honest person?I don't know how old you are. But try and understand the PDA which was enacted by Nkrumah and how innocent people were jailed at Nsawam..If Nkrumah was honest as you are saying what d ...
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  • K. Opoku-London-UK 8 hours ago

    Akuffo Addo used us ASHANTIS 8000% for the 8 YEARS. Yesterday- I WAS VERY SAD. IF I GET THE CHANCE TO MEET TANI, ARROGANT, WEE SMOKER DISMISSED FROM THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY IN HIS FIRST SEMESTER, After attending Lancing College ...
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  • Ivory Mensah 7 hours ago

    Wontumi is a huge thief. A crook and a high level criminal. Should be jailed for 50 years.

  • Saul 5 hours ago

    You are very right . Prosecute Wontumi and give all give all the ndc thief negotiated payment plan and years to pay back money they stole from government while they still work for the same government they stole from.

  • Donatus 14 hours ago

    Akua Pomaa(h) Universal Ghana Limited

  • Donatus 14 hours ago

    John Mahama, Wobooooooooaaaaaa!

  • Kwaku Tee 12 hours ago

    Some of us see this as a setting, Chairman Wontumi will be freed. President John Dramani Mahama himself is a Criminal preparing the grounds for a lenient punishment when a new govt take over

  • Joe 14 hours ago

    Since when did getting a loan from bank become a crime?.

  • AKUFO ADDO is a thief 14 hours ago

    U ARE JUST AN ASHANTI IDIOT WHO PREFERS SHOESHINE WORK TO GOING TO SCHOOL. U SEE HOW U ARE SHALLOW MINDED? KWASIAFOUR DEFENDING A CRIMINAL. TWERP

  • Atta 13 hours ago

    My pain and anger is this NDC Propaganda team can not send Chairman Wontumi to prison. They know most of them are guilty and will easily go into prison in future by the precedence they are setting..Mahama himself is afraid.

  • NPP SENIOR CITIZEN 13 hours ago

    Joe you're the biggest fool in Ghana perhaps likely your family as well. No doubt people like you will keep suffering till the end

  • Bk 13 hours ago

    The result of eating toilet as food is having a detrimental effect on these Asante dwarfs

  • Bobby Stones 13 hours ago

    You're as dumb as wontumi, stop making a fool of yourself.

  • GH8 12 hours ago

    Odwanba Joe where is the money? If you use lies and forget documents to get a bank loan and you refused to pay back and you come here to ask such a silly questions. Do you have brains in your head? These party officials when ...
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  • Nana Agyemang 8 hours ago

    Fool that is Ghana Bank, Export and Import ExIM Bank, specific to create jobs, borrow to create jobs, in Eontumi case , Farming , which employed none .

  • La Pleasure man 7 hours ago

    Since issuing forged documents to secure the loan.. nitwit!

  • Asuoba 14 hours ago

    Why don’t you hang him now instead of trying him in the court.
    Tired of your propaganda trials.

  • O.m 14 hours ago

    @Apraku,what was Akuffo Addo government doing in the past 8years that they could not prosecute Collins Dauda .Please can you stop the blame game, so the current government can retrieve the money own to the state.

  • Dr Mumbi Seraki 13 hours ago

    Hello youth of Ghana. You can take your own life with medicine........for instance 15 paracetamol at once......or combine medicine and akpeteshie or weedicide.

  • Honourable9 13 hours ago

    The most useless ag Ghana has ever had. Gyimiiii saa

  • AKUFO ADDO is a thief 13 hours ago

    KEEP BLEEDING. HE IS BETTER THAN UR WHOLE FAMILY PUT TOGETHER. ASHANTI FOOLS INPRENATED BY NORTHERNERS. BAXKWARD TRIBE EVER

  • Kennedy Agyapong 13 hours ago

    Kennedy Agyapong I want to believe you are happy with every bad thing you have done to Chairman Wontumi. God bless you in a way that will make you demons take over your soul. You will perish in a terrible way for all you said ...
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  • Kofi 13 hours ago

    If this a business loan then why are you prosecute Wontumi?

  • AKUFO ADDO is a thief 13 hours ago

    LOOK AT ANOTHER FOOOL BORN BY DWAFS IN ASHAMTI REGION. U ARE ALL FOOLS IN THAT REGION . CRIMINALS AND ANIMALS SHIT EATERS. TWERP

  • Mackofi 13 hours ago

    Another hot air!!!

  • Kwesi Bro 13 hours ago

    If Wontumi get money he should buy the bank and the debt just some opana did.

  • Kwmae Burnes 13 hours ago

    I am confused here why no prosecuting the Banks and the the person who looked at the papers before granting the loan

  • Mackofi 13 hours ago

    Did Wontumi says he will not pay the loan?

    Is this the so called high profile case they have announced to the world?

    Clueless group of people!!!

  • AKUFO ADDO is a thief 13 hours ago

    U ARE ALSO ONE OF THE ASHANTI THIEF

  • Sooo 13 hours ago

    Take him to court of competent jurisdiction, and stop tha public prosecution

  • The truth 13 hours ago

    Doesn't take Inspector Cluso to know Wontumi is a Thief

  • Mental charter 13 hours ago

    Some lawyers are good with the books

  • Louis 13 hours ago

    You see how hot Wontumi is? He was cleared by his godfather of any wrong-doing. Today, he is feverishly looking for a sanctuary. What a pity! Where are his little soldiers to protect him against the state? His sins are beyond ...
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  • Gbetia 13 hours ago

    Eeii someone HELP! MTN Ayo lnsurance?

  • Donatus 13 hours ago

    What have they (Ayo) done to you?

  • Okwahu 13 hours ago

    Why, these AG Ayine is a stupid fool why prosecuting someone who has gone for a loan at a certain amount from bank, this is political witch hunting SHAME.

  • AKUFO ADDO is a thief 13 hours ago

    U SEE HOW SHALLOW UR MIND IS? U ARE ALSO A FOOOLISH CRIMINAL. ANIMAL SHIT EATER. WE KNOW U GUYS. KEEP FOOOLING

  • Jeff 13 hours ago

    I don't understand something oo, when one takes a loan from bank, is it not the bank that will ensure the person pays back the loan with interest? Why will AG prosecute Wontumi for taking loan from a bank? I need enlightenmen ...
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  • Bra Boat 12 hours ago

    This should tell you the case is politically motivated. A very confused attorney general.

  • UNP 12 hours ago

    Kwasia, Eximbank is a gov't entity if you care to know. Beside, he used fraud to acquire the loan. Read the details and stop your shallow thinking. To forge document and deceive a bank is a serous criminal offence.

  • Bra Boat 12 hours ago

    @UNA Another gyimi NDC fool soldier. ADB,GCB and co. are they not also government entities? Go and check the number of debtors and those owing the banks. Why isn’t this stupid government going after them? Kwasia, you believ ...
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  • Dwen Ka Kra 10 hours ago

    @Jeff, you do not understand because you lack basic English
    comprehension. The bank belongs to the state and crooked Wontumi duped the State bank. I hope that will sink into your brain a bit.

  • John 13 hours ago

    We thank the Almighty God. If NPP had remained in office, there would not have been a country. This looting has no precedent in the world. Nana Addo should NEVER have been President

  • Bobby Stones 13 hours ago

    Akufo Addo was s failure, someone who went to prestigious schools in England and ended up at Kinbu senior high and later obtained 3rd class at economics at UG is totally hopeless. He should never have ruled this country, he ...
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  • Gbetia 13 hours ago

    Ghanaweb someone help me with MTN Ayo lnsurance policy eeii

  • FTT 13 hours ago

    This is pure witch-hunting and nothing else

  • AKUFO ADDO is a thief 13 hours ago

    U ARE A BIG FOOOL. GO TO SCHOOL SMALL. ASHANTI FOOOL ANIMAL SHIT EATER. SHOE SHINE BOY. KWASIA BA

  • Kwame Nkrumah 13 hours ago

    Katanomics running amok

  • Kojois 13 hours ago

    Stupid comments. Even Collins Dauda is walking free for causing financial loss $200 million to the state. Time will tell. All those mps who collected double salary should pray that the clock will never turn. I rest my case.

  • EXIM BANK 13 hours ago

    When you go there genuinely, even with collateral for farming they will say all kinds of stories. It serves them right. Person who do genuine business, they will never help.

  • WE WILL BREAK THE GUINESS BOOK OF RECORDS OF PRESS COBFERENCES IN ONE CASE! 13 hours ago

    The govt will holdpress conferences saa until thyKingdom nose prosequille

  • Gbetia 13 hours ago

    Ghanaweb we hang a while for he's now NOGOKPO no more WONTUMI but somone help with MTN Ayo lnsurance policy staff people

  • Kk 12 hours ago

    Ndcbis burnt on destroying the man

  • Kk 12 hours ago

    Give dog a bad name and hang it

  • Twe3 stone 12 hours ago

    I swear, this man lack of confidence in his job. His voice and body language doesn’t sits well at all. What sort of AG is this? It seems he is not brave enough to handle government judiciary.

  • rosemary 12 hours ago

    What happens to the top executives who approved the loan without due diligence?

  • Achakanapaya 12 hours ago

    You will see some idiots defending Wontumi. Npp are all known Nation wreckers. They are all criminals, thieves and lair's brigade.
    Now they are thinking of coming back to power in 2028 they think Ghanians are foolish like th ...
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  • Osei Kwabena 12 hours ago

    THIS IS A SHAME TO THE BANK. HOW CAN A BANK GRANT A LOAN WITHOUT DUE DILIGENCE? THE BANK FAILED TO PROPERLY INVESTIGATE THE COMPANY BEFORE GRANTING THE LOAN. THE BANK NEED TO BE PROSECUTED IF THE AG WANTS TO PROSECUTE WONTU ...
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  • UNP 12 hours ago

    It was his corrupt government (Nana Addo/Npp) who were in power, and nobody there questioned him. He might have even walked straight to the bank CEO with directive from above to give the loan. That's how terrible the Akuffo A ...
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  • Kwame Dzokoto. 12 hours ago

    ...do you believe what dr.is saying..

  • Gbetia 12 hours ago

    Donatus being Policy holder after submission of case Ayo gave details to follow but now saying my number is not a policy holder how?

  • Jack 12 hours ago

    What moral right has he after freeing his party members facing prosecution?

  • Don 12 hours ago

    Why So called Exim bank didn't do due diligence before approvals and payment of loans. Exim bank need to answer this as well.

  • Holy Sinner 12 hours ago

    The village Champion must surely be KUKUMALISED.Yes mofa no to kukumu.
    Idiot, you said you will kick kofi Boakye out of Asante region when you Nppigs come to power, ODABO.You go see where power lies.

  • AAA+ 12 hours ago

    Hahaha, NDC and blockhead leaders.

    And what has that got do with government or you still want to punish him with your personal interest, hmmm.

  • Koppong 12 hours ago

    Only prosecuting opponents, hence dividing the nation, provide a system that works for All
    Mahama you are still a clueless, wake up

  • Mummies 12 hours ago

    They should hang him and kill him; that will make Mahama and the bogus CSO happy. But one day power will change. Ghana will remember all these treatments

  • La Pleasure man 11 hours ago

    In 2828..

  • La Pleasure man 12 hours ago

    Merry Xmas and a happy newyear, apeman Wontumi!

  • FunnyGhana 11 hours ago

    This foolish guy was bragging with his gold bars and his wealth to buy Chelsea football club

  • Truth 11 hours ago

    Criminals and looting gangs and he was defended by a whole president...no wonder this guy was made mad by money. Idiots nkoaa!

  • Francis Boateng 11 hours ago

    Attorney General should go to court and stop trying people on social media.His actions show clearly that he.does not believe in rule of law.How can he stop cases against ndc officials who were standing trial for causing fi ...
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  • Joe 11 hours ago

    Stupid comment. Court is a process not a knee jerk gimmick like how you daft understand. You are using the judiciary system wrongly, that's why thete are coups all over africa.
    .

  • Kwadjo 11 hours ago

    This AG think he's doing something exceptional
    In my view he's doing disservice to the the nation
    A time will come he will account for the press conference he has organized.

  • Mavis 11 hours ago

    Ndc already failing no arrest till now.forget 2028

  • Emma 11 hours ago

    The catastrophic failure of a state institution to properly verify information before issuing this magnitude of money is now the loan applicant’s fault? Who issued the loan? AG, come again! Interesting country!!!

  • Bazz 11 hours ago

    Stop the talk and act now, we want to see all the destroyers of Ghana in jail

  • Kona 10 hours ago

    Clear case of witch hunting. A part of vindictiveness that's visited Wontumi since the second coming of Mahama,using Archer as the hatchet man. I hope the so called human rights proponents who are now quiet will continue to ...
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  • ADRIANO 9 hours ago

    @Kona kromfuor ba. I remember very well when your NPP was in power. Your fvcking slogan back then was... "HOW CAN MAHAMA COME BACK TO POWER ??"

    Today, the tales have turned, and you want to tell me your bulubulu brain has ...
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  • Joy 10 hours ago

    From galamsey to loan defaulted. Thief wontumi

  • NANA TRUMU TRUMU ADDO 10 hours ago

    NPP IDIOTS DEFENDING WONTUMI: I WILL LIKE TO VISIT YOU IN YOUR HOMES TO SEE YOUR LIFE. MOST OF YOU NEVER BENEFITED FROM NPP BUT ARE STILL DEFENDING WONTUMI. EVEN THOSE LIVING IN ABROAD. BLACK MAN INDEED IS A FOOL!

  • No Mercy 10 hours ago

    Confiscate his assees and jail him, NPP Party MPs were very Criminal's, They have Collapsed the States.Justice must Work

  • Debohi 10 hours ago

    How can Ghana make progress if people like this are our leaders??...he should made to refund all the money and go to jail

  • THE WAY AYINE IS BEHAVING COULD IT BE THAT HIS QUALIFICATION IS SOMETHING? 9 hours ago

    The man only prosecutes cases in the media. Agro ne fam. He should go to court and stop tarnishing the image of innocent people in the press.

  • Obroniba 9 hours ago

    Hey masa the talking is toooo much. Action the talk and throw those bunch of highly incompetent blockhead thieves into Nsawam. If you can't do the job, just clear off. Fear fear AG

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  • AG 8 hours ago

    Wontumi is still bold campaigning for Bawumia to become president this is absolutely Nonsense.
    Charlie we must pass a decree to ban the party called NPP.
    They are just a waste of crooks who came to government to destroy ev ...
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  • Aman. 8 hours ago

    By all means possible jail him and Akpaloo and the days are coming soon that you dog eater will trade places with the Chairman.

  • K. Opoku-London-UK 8 hours ago

    Please- you CANNOT compare Dr Kwame Nkrumah with your AKYEM PEOPLE. Dr Kwame Nkrumah was an honest and PATRIOTIC person with INTEGRITY. Compare J B Danquah and his descendants-AKYEM PEOPLE are UNPATRIOTIC and GREEDY/SELFISH. ...
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  • K. Opoku-London-UK 8 hours ago

    Akuffo Addo used us ASHANTIS 8000% for the 8 YEARS. Yesterday- I WAS VERY SAD. IF I GET THE CHANCE TO MEET TANI, ARROGANT, WEE SMOKER DISMISSED FROM THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY IN HIS FIRST SEMESTER, After attending Lancing College ...
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  • Okyere Kay 7 hours ago

    Politicians are destroying this nation with Animal Farm governance. Unless party politics is abolished there will be no future for d nation.

  • Moses Man 7 hours ago

    Why didn't the Ghana Exim Bank bring action to collect the money? Banks have legal team who can bring such actions not the Attorney General.
    Are the directors of the Bank complicit in this fraud? Prosecute the directors of ...
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  • Akajatayogogo 7 hours ago

    I wonder why NDC president Mahama is delaying to send these NPP THIEFS who stole and looted Ghanaians Taxpayers monies into prison..Adu Boahene, Peter Amewu,Gifty Oware,Wontumi, Paul Adom Otchere etc Jail them what is going o ...
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  • Adu 7 hours ago

    Celebrity AG. Ɛyɛ asem oo.

  • Kotimsofuo 6 hours ago

    Are you not the untouchable Wontumi you claim to be ? What is the matter you ? Whatever goes up always comes down. Learn a lesson here and know pride is what God hates and He will bring all prideful persons for sure down befo ...
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  • Atta 6 hours ago

    Ayine is an idiot

  • Soothsayer 4 hours ago

    https://www.bible.com/bible/1/PSA.105.15.KJV
    Hey! Has spoken .
    Try not.