Accusations and counteraccusations erupted as the Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Etse Kwami Dafeamekpor, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for Citizenship, Constitutional and Electoral Systems (CenCES), James Kwabena Bomfeh, clashed over public commentary related to ongoing and past legal matters.
The heated exchange occurred during a discussion on Joy Newsfile on May 31,2025, sparked by Bomfeh’s recent criticism of comments made by political figures, including Dafeamekpor, concerning the recent arrest of New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi.
Bomfeh argued that some of these remarks risked creating misleading impressions that could unduly influence public perception of the case.
In response, Dafeamekpor accused Bomfeh of hypocrisy, citing statements he allegedly made during the controversial Alfred Woyome judgement debt case in 2015.
According to Dafeamekpor, Bomfeh had suggested at the time that only a future Akufo-Addo government could recover the Woyome funds, a claim he said undermined the efforts of the then NDC government.
“Bomfeh said my comments amount to creating bad impressions. But in 2015, when I was part of the Woyome legal team, he told the NDC we were not capable of recovering the money. Even though the case was in court, he said it would take Nana Akufo-Addo’s government to recover it. What impression was he creating then”, Dafeamekpor indicated.
Bomfeh denied making such a statement, clarifying that his criticism at the time was directed at what he described as the government’s unwillingness to act decisively on the matter, not its inability.
“It is not true that I said the NDC was not capable. I said the government then was unwilling and was not ready”, he said
The back-and-forth intensified as Dafeamekpor pressed further, insisting that Bomfeh’s comments in 2015 had the same effect he was now criticising in relation to the Wontumi case.
Bomfeh rejected that claim, calling it a fabrication.
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