'I have 100 houses in Kumasi' - Wontumi's 2025 interview resurfaces after 20-Year jail sentence

'I have just parted ways with him' – Palgrave confirms Wontumi's transfer to Nsawam Prison Chairman Wontumi was sentenced to an effective 20 years' imprisonment with hard labour after an Accra High Court found him guilty on all six counts in the Samreboi illegal mining case involving Akonta Mining Company Limited.

Chairman Wontumi was on Monday, July 20, 2026, sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment with hard labour after an Accra High Court found him guilty on all six counts related to illegal mining activities involving Akonta Mining Company Limited.

Although the court imposed two separate 20-year prison terms, they are to run concurrently, meaning he will serve 20 years.