Also known as: Deputy Attorney-General Dr Justice Srem-Sai · Deputy Attorney-General · Deputy Attorney General · the Deputy Attorney General · Deputy Attorney-General Justice Srem-Sai · Deputy Attorney-General and Minister of Justice · Dr Justice Srem Sai · Mr. Srem-Sai
… The witness was led in her testimony by Dr Justice Srem-Sai, the Deputy Attorney-General, while Mr Samuel Atta-Akyea represented the accused persons. …
… However, on Tuesday, Deputy Attorney-General Dr Justice Srem-Sai informed the High Court that the state was withdrawing all charges due to the emergence of “fresh evidence”. …
… Mildred Donkor, a former director of Advantage Solutions Limited, made the disclosure during her examination-in-chief before Justice Francis Achibonga at Criminal Court 3, with the Deputy Attorney-General leading her evidence. …
… Dr Justice Srem-Sai, the Deputy Attorney-General, informed the presiding judge, Justice Achibonga, that the prosecution had decided to pull the plug on the current proceedings. …
… Deputy Attorney-General Dr Justice Srem-Sai announced the withdrawal in court on Tuesday, May 5 — the adjourned date for the case — before later providing further explanation on social media. …
… However, the apex court rejected that argument and upheld submissions made by Deputy Attorney-General Dr Justice Srem-Sai, together with counsel for the plaintiff, Abdul Aziz Gomda. …
The ECOWAS Community Court has dismissed all seven claims filed by former Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo against the Republic of Ghana, rejecting her allegations and her request for US$10 million in damages. The court ruled that Ghana did not violate any of the applicant's rights under the African Charter.
Why it matters
ECOWAS Court's complete dismissal of former Chief Justice's claims against Ghana resolves a high-profile accountability dispute.
The ECOWAS Community Court has dismissed all seven claims filed by former Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo against the Republic of Ghana, rejecting her allegations and her request for US$10 million in damages. The court ruled that Ghana did not violate any of the applicant's rights under the African Charter.
The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has dismissed all seven claims filed by former Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo against Ghana, including her challenge to her suspension and removal from office. The court also declined to award the US$10 million in damages she sought, finding that Ghana had not violated any of her rights under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.
An EOCO investigator told Accra High Court that the National Signals Bureau never received the cyber defence system for which GH¢49.1 million was spent in 2020, with only GH¢9,537,500 of the funds transferred to the Israeli supplier and the remainder allegedly used for personal purposes by former NSB Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene and associates.
Criminal Division 4 of the High Court in Accra dismissed lawyer Andy Appiah-Kubi's application to withdraw as counsel for Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi) in the Samreboi illegal mining case. The court found the application lacked legal authority and had not been served on the accused persons, requiring Appiah-Kubi to remain counsel as the trial continues.
The Member of Parliament for Akwatia has called for clarity and accountability in ongoing plea negotiations involving the Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman, who is standing trial over an alleged GH¢14.3 million loan fraud linked to the Ghana Export-Import Bank. The MP stressed that while plea bargaining is legitimate, any settlement must not obscure accountability.
Manhyia South MP Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah has clarified that plea negotiations initiated by Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi) in an alleged GH¢14.3 million Exim Bank loan fraud case should not be viewed as an admission of guilt, describing it as a legal strategy available to both prosecution and defence teams.
Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, Ashanti regional chairman of the opposition NPP and a businessman known as Chairman Wontumi, has asked prosecutors to negotiate a plea bargain in a multi-million-cedi bank fraud case related to Ghana Export-Import Bank. He is simultaneously fighting two other cases concerning alleged illegal mining and running for the NPP's national chairmanship.
Bernard Antwi-Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi), Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP, has formally requested plea negotiations with the Attorney-General in his trial over an alleged GH¢14.3 million loan fraud involving the Ghana Export-Import Bank. Wontumi and co-accused face charges of defrauding by false pretence, forging documents, money laundering, and causing financial loss to a public institution.
Mildred Donkor, the third prosecution witness in the trial of former National Signals Bureau Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene and two others, confirmed that authorised withdrawals would appear in bank statements and that payments to Gerald Osei Tutu totalled GH¢4.4 million. The prosecution alleges GH¢49.1 million in public funds were unlawfully diverted through cheques into accounts allegedly controlled by the accused.
The Deputy Attorney-General and 14 civil society organisations appeared at the Supreme Court for a case filed in December 2025 challenging whether Parliament unconstitutionally granted prosecutorial powers to the Office of the Special Prosecutor. The Attorney-General's office argues that Article 88(3) of the Constitution vests prosecutorial powers solely in its office and that Parliament acted unconstitutionally by passing the OSP Act, 2017.
The Deputy Attorney-General and 14 civil society organisations appeared at the Supreme Court for a hearing on a constitutional case challenging whether Parliament had the authority to grant the Office of the Special Prosecutor independent prosecutorial powers. The case, filed by private legal practitioner Noah Ephraem Tetteh Adamtey, argues that Articles 88(3) and 88(4) of the Constitution vest prosecutorial authority solely in the Attorney-General, and that the OSP Act 2017 was unconstitutional.
A High Court in Accra has scheduled July 3, 2026 to deliver judgment in the trial of NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Wontumi), who is accused of facilitating unlicensed mining on his Akonta Mining Company Limited's Samreboi concession without ministerial approval. He and his company face charges of assignment of mineral rights without approval and purposely facilitating an unlicensed mining operation under the Minerals and Mining Act.
Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako testified before the High Court that individuals who claimed ownership of seized items have been turned into prosecution witnesses against him, while denying involvement in illegal mining activities on a concession where he serves as director.
An Accra court has given lawyers for Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi) a final deadline of Thursday, May 28, 2026, to produce additional witnesses in his criminal trial. The court warned that failure to present witnesses by then would result in the court assuming the defence has no further witnesses and proceeding to addresses before setting a judgment date.
A three-member Court of Appeal panel has unanimously overturned the Bank of Ghana's 2019 revocation of GN Savings and Loans Company Limited's operating licence, ruling the central bank's decision was unfair and unreasonable. The court ordered the Receiver to return possession, management and control of the company to its shareholders, though restoring the licence and resuming regulated banking activity remain separate processes.
The former Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources testified in the High Court that land reclamation on mining concessions constitutes mine support services, which are legally distinct from the assignment or transfer of mineral rights and do not require the same level of ministerial approval under Ghana's Minerals and Mining Act. This testimony formed part of the defence case for NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako in the Samreboi illegal mining case.
Prosecutors have closed their case in the trial of the former CEO and Board Chairman of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund over a controversial "Sky Train" transaction involving a US$2 million payment made without necessary approvals. The accused have until June 8 to file a submission of no case; if the court rejects it, they must open their defence.
The Supreme Court has granted an application by the Trustees of the Methodist Church Ghana to be joined as defendants in the legal challenge over religious policies at Wesley Girls' High School in Cape Coast. The suit, filed by private legal practitioner Shaffic Osman, challenges policies that allegedly prohibit Muslim students from wearing hijab, observing Ramadan fasting, and undertaking Islamic prayers while requiring all students to participate in Christian worship.
Bernard Boasiako Antwi (Chairman Wontumi), an NPP national chairman hopeful, faces fresh criminal charges for causing financial loss of more than GH¢30 million to Ghana Export-Import Bank. He and his co-accused are charged with defrauding by false pretence, money laundering, and uttering forged documents in connection with a farming project for which EXIM Bank allegedly disbursed various sums.
Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party Bernard Antwi-Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi) has pleaded not guilty to four counts including defrauding by false pretence, forgery, money laundering, and intentionally causing financial loss of over GH¢30 million to Ghana Export-Import Bank. He has been admitted to bail.
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi), has been formally charged with defrauding Ghana EXIM Bank of ₵19 million through an alleged agricultural loan scheme involving altered financial receipts and non-existent farming operations. He faces four criminal counts including fraud by false pretence, uttering a forged document, money laundering, and intentionally causing financial loss to a public body.
A mining engineer testifying for Chairman Wontumi's defence told the court that Ghana's mining laws require formal procedures and ministerial approval for assignment of mineral rights, and that verbal permission cannot constitute a valid transfer. Wontumi faces six counts of allegedly permitting mining on his concession without prior ministerial approval and facilitating unlicensed mining.
A prosecution witness in the trial of former NSB boss Kwabena Adu-Boahene testified that a GH¢7.2 million transfer was paid into the Director of the National Signals Bureau's personal account rather than the institution's general account, maintaining this position during cross-examination.
The Legal Green Association has commended President John Mahama for assenting to the Legal Education Bill, 2026, saying the law will expand access to professional legal education and address long-standing barriers created by the Ghana School of Law's monopoly. The association describes the reform as a historic turning point in Ghana's legal education system.
President John Dramani Mahama assented to Ghana's Legal Education Bill on May 12, 2026, ending the Ghana School of Law's monopoly. A private legal practitioner praised the President, cabinet, Attorney General Dr Dominic Ayine, Parliament members including Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga and Chief Whip Nelson Etse Dafeamekpor, and advocates such as Prof. Kwaku Asare and Kofi Bentil for championing the reform.
The High Court's Specialised Division has rejected attempts by lawyers for Kwabena Adu-Boahene and other accused persons to tender email communications and pension payment receipts as evidence in the National Signals Bureau trial, with the prosecution arguing the documents were irrelevant to the charges.
An opinion piece argues that Ghana's oath-taking ceremonies for public officials have lost meaning given decades of corruption, mismanagement, and theft of public funds, citing unrecovered judgment debts and scandals like GYEEDA and SADA.
Court hearings in several high-profile cases linked to the government's "Operation Recover All Loot" (ORAL) anti-corruption and anti-illegal mining campaign are expected to continue from 11 to 15 May. Deputy Attorney General Dr Justice Srem-Sai highlighted the government's broader efforts to uphold civil and political rights while pursuing the prosecutions.
The Deputy Attorney General said no one had denied the former NAFCO chief executive access to his lawyers following his re-arrest after a court discharge. Dr Srem-Sai stated the former NAFCO boss was sent to EOCO for interrogation and reportedly fell ill and was hospitalised, and criticised the former Attorney General for appearing on radio programmes instead of accompanying his client for questioning.