A private legal practitioner, Charles Owusu Juanah, has alleged that about 40 members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) are set to be prosecuted and jailed, and hence the party should remain vigilant under the current National Democratic Congress (NDC) government.

Reacting to the arrest and sentencing of the party’s Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, to 20 years’ imprisonment, Owusu cautioned that recent developments point to political manoeuvring.

Speaking in an interview with Asaasepa Radio on July 23, 2026, he claimed that the arrests of NPP members are part of what he described as “political games,” and advised party members to be extra careful in the face of what he believes is a deliberate attempt to weaken the opposition.

"This is a political game. So disappointing. It is not right that the court has begun to engage itself in these things. Twenty years’ imprisonment? Look at the woman who has given birth and has been jailed for one year — on which charge, under which constitution? What is this? It is really concerning," he said.

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He further disclosed that more than 40 members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) are set to be arrested to face similar treatment as Wontumi.

He therefore cautioned them to be extra careful.

"I have also heard that about 43 members of the NPP have been lined up to be arrested. So, this is to the NPP: if you don’t know, I am telling you," he claimed.

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