Court to decide on Wontumi’s bail pending appeal against 20-year jail term Nov. 4

Relying on the Court of Appeal decision in the case of Daniel Yaw and 2 others v The Republic delivered on April 20, 2021, and the famous Supreme Court decision in Fynn and Another v The Republic 2 GLR, counsel submitted that another ground for granting bail pending appeal is to afford the appellant temporary freedom to liaise with his lawyer in the preparation and conduct of the appeal.

Bail application Moving the application, Counsel for Wontumi, Samuel Atta Akyea, prayed the court to admit his client to bail pending appeal.

The High Court in Accra has fixed November 4, 2026, to rule on an application for bail pending appeal filed by the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi.