Adenta Kumi's Lawyer Opens Up On Chat With Client's Wife, Complains Over Mode Of Arrest, Video

Adenta Kumi's Lawyer Opens Up On Chat With Client's Wife, Complains Over Mode Of Arrest, Video

  • The lawyer for Adenta Kumi has got tongues wagging following comments he made about the raid on his client's home
  • Speaking in an interview, he opined that he was not happy seeing his client being picked up in shorts
  • Social media users who took to the comments section of the video have given their opinions on the matter

Counsel for Adenta Kumi, Clement Opoku Gyamfi, has broken his silence on the arrest of his client, which happened in the early hours of Friday, May 23, 2025.

In a video sighted by YEN.com.gh on the TikTok page of @channel1tvgh, Clement Opoku Gyamfi took issue with the manner in which the arrest of his client was carried out.

Adenta Kumi, NPP, National Security, Ghana
Adenta Kumi's Lawyer raises concerns regarding how his client was picked up. Photo credit: @Alfred Ababio Kumi/Facebook, @channel1tvgh/TikTok
Source: UGC

He complained that for a married man to be picked up in shorts and recorded was not something that he was particularly happy about.

Lawyer Gyamfi also, in an interview with Adom TV, said that it was the wife of the embattled NPP member who called him to disclose that National Security operatives had arrived at their home to arrest her husband.

He concluded by disclosing that he had been in touch with Adenta Kumi and that he was fine.

“I have been given access to him; I went there, he is okay, except that, ordinarily, a married man, a family person, should not come out in shorts and his outlook,I didn’t like it, but he is pretty fine and I have spoken to him.”

The former parliamentary aspirant has been charged with publication of false news in the aftermath of his arrest by National Security operatives.

At the time of writing the report, the video had raked in over 2,000 likes and 15 comments.

Watch the video below:

Reactions to the lawyer's comments

Ghanaians who thronged the comments section of the video also shared their thoughts on the statement by the lawyer for Adenta Kumi.

Nhyira Nino stated:

“This will let people have proof before they speak, because these NPP people are frustrated and they just talk anyhow without any proof. So if you talk anyhow, you will be invited for investigation.”

YAW PREKO stated:

“Osii, he didn’t like the dress he was wearing. Is he any better than Ghanaians who have been arrested, a married man?”

GABBY-1 added:

“NDC is doing this to divert attention from the Private Jet the Vice President used, but ɛmfa.”

DELPRAISE reacted:

“So why are they shouting? He said they didn’t serve him, lol.”

Nicky TV stated:

“Never think the NDC government is soft.”

National Security storms Wontumi's house

YEN.com.gh earlier reported that National Security operatives and police officers went to the residence of Bernard Antwi Boasiako, aka Chairman Wontumi.

The operation on the morning of May 23 saw the security personnel surround the premises. The reason for the raid remains unknown.

Chairman Wontumi, in a comment on what happened, said his businesses and financial operations have been deliberately targeted. and called on Ghanaians to back him amid the government scrutiny.

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Source: YEN.com.gh

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Philip Boateng Kessie (Head of Human Interest Desk) Philip Boateng Kessie started writing for YEN.com.gh in 2022 and is the Head of the Human Interest desk. He has over six years of experience in journalism and graduated from the University of Cape Coast in 2018 with a bachelor's degree in Communication Studies. Philip previously served as a reporter for Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) and as a content writer for Scooper News. He has a certificate in Google News Initiative News Lab courses in Advanced Digital Reporting and Fighting Misinformation. Email: philip.kessie@yen.com.gh.