Ghana court jails opposition party's regional chairman for illegal mining
A Ghanaian High Court has sentenced Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, to 20 years in prison with hard labour for illegal mining.
The verdict The court found Wontumi and his company, Akonta Mining, guilty of illegally mining inside a forest reserve near Samreboi in Ghana's Western Region.
Atta Akyea later filed a separate case at Ghana's Supreme Court, seeking to challenge how the Minerals and Mining Act was applied in the prosecution.
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