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Wontumi knew he would be convicted – Appiah-Kubi
Chairman Wontumi was sentenced by the Accra High Court on July 20 to 20 years’ imprisonment with hard labour after being convicted on illegal mining-related offences.
Private legal practitioner Andy Appiah-Kubi has revealed that the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Wontumi, had prior knowledge that he would be convicted before appearing in court on the day judgment was delivered in the Samreboi illegal mining case.
The lawyer, however, disagreed with the 20-year prison sentence, arguing that the court erred in law by treating Chairman Wontumi and Akonta Mining as one and the same.
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