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Court hands NPP’s Wontumi 20-year jail term, imposes GH¢120,000 fine
The court also showed leniency towards Akonta Mining Company Limited, the company linked to Mr Antwi-Boasiako, imposing a financial penalty instead of a custodial sentence.
Justice Audrey Kocuvie-Tay, who presided over the Criminal Division of the High Court, delivered the sentence shortly after 11:40 am on Monday, July 20, 2026, bringing to an end one of Ghana’s most closely watched illegal mining prosecutions.
The Accra High Court has sentenced Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, to 20 years imprisonment over illegal mining activities on the Samreboi concession in the Western Region.
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