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‘This is a test of our unity’ - NPP Ashanti Caucus of Constituency Chairmen on Wontumi’s jail term
The Ashanti Caucus of Constituency Chairmen of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on all party faithful to remain calm and law-abiding following the sentencing of the NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, to 20 years in prison.
Chairman Wontumi, Akonta Mining Limited, and a third accused person, Kwame Antwi, were prosecuted over alleged illegal mining activities on the company's concession at Samreboi in the Western Region.
Chairman Wontumi was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment after the Criminal Court 4 Division of the High Court found him guilty on all six counts brought against him.
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