Wontumi Arrest Update: NPP supporters keeps vigil at police station

New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters remain camped for the night at the Kumasi Central Police Station in solidarity with Ashanti Regional Chairman, who has been detained for assault on an NPP MP. According to  reports, the siege which began late Tuesday afternoon is turning into a vigil.
The regional chairman, Bernard Antwi Bosiako will spend the night in cell after police called the bluff of a throng of party supporters demanding his release.

The supporters have been at the police station for at least four hours and counting. They began pouring into the regional police headquarters at about 4 p.m.

Some supporters were seen throwing sachet water at the police station along with the hurling of insults at the regional police commander DCOP Kofi Boakye.

 The Ashanti region is an opposition party stronghold and the detention of their leader is seen by supporters as political persecution.