Kwame Antwi — co-accused in criminal case involving Akonta Mining Company Limited and Chairman Wontumi over illegal mining charges.
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Joy Online
… Bernard Antwi Boasiako @ Wontumi, Kwame Antwi (at large), and Akonta Mining Company Limited, with Wontumi listed as the first appellant/applicant and Akonta Mining Company Limited as the third appellant. …
Wontumi applies for bail pending appeal after imprisonment at Nsawam PrisonJoy Online
… He, together with Akonta Mining Limited and a third accused person, Kwame Antwi, was prosecuted over illegal mining activities on the company’s concession at Samreboi in the Western Region. …
Wontumi apologises to Mahama, seeks Presidential clemencyJoy Online
… Wontumi, Akonta Mining, Kwame Antwi, and Owusu Bempah have pleaded not guilty to the charges and are currently on bail. …
Atta Akyea takes over Chairman Wontumi’s Tano Nimiri illegal mining case, trial resumes July 31Joy Online
… Bernard Antwi Boasiako @ Chairman Wontumi, Kwame Antwi (at large), and Akonta Mining Company Limited, the High Court of Justice (Criminal Court 4), Accra, presided over by Her Ladyship Justice Audrey Kocuvie-Tay, delivered the judgment addressing the regulatory and criminal frame …
THE LAW 101: The Akonta Mining JudgmentJoy Online
… According to him, the case in which Justice Audrey Kocuvie-Tay convicted Wontumi and Akonta Mining Company Limited is entirely different from the matter they petitioned. “The 20th July 2026 ruling of the Republic v Bernard Antwi Boasiako @ Wontumi, Kwame Antwi (At Large), Akonta …
Kenneth Ashigbey denies influencing Wontumi trial, dismisses judge relationship claims as falseJoy Online
… Count Two levies the same offence against Kwame Antwi, a director of Akonta Mining who is currently at large. …
Wontumi Samreboi Case: Full charges under Minerals and Mining ActJoy Online
… The six charges involved Mr Antwi-Boasiako, Akonta Mining Company Limited and Kwame Antwi, who remains at large. …
Court convicts Wontumi on six illegal mining charges over Samreboi concessionThe Ghanaian Times
… The Office of the Attorney General preferred criminal charges against three accused persons — Antwi-Boasiako, a shareholder of Akonta Mining, and Kwame Antwi, a director of the company. …
Chairman Wontumi seeks Supreme Court interpretation of provisions of the Minerals and Mining ActJoy Online
The High Court (Criminal Division) in Accra has dismissed an application by lawyer Andy Appiah-Kubi seeking leave to withdraw his legal representation in the ongoing criminal case involving Akonta Mining Company Limited, Kwame Antwi, and Ashanti Regional New Patriotic Party Chair …
High Court rejects Appiah-Kubi’s bid to withdraw legal representation in Wontumi-linked mining caseJoy Online
… Appiah-Kubi, who is seeking the court’s permission to cease representing the accused persons in the criminal proceedings involving Akonta Mining Company Limited and Kwame Antwi. …
AG challenges Appiah-Kubi’s bid to withdraw from Wontumi caseNPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Wontumi) has filed a bail application at the High Court while awaiting the determination of his appeal against conviction; he is currently incarcerated at Nsawam Medium Security Prisons. The application is scheduled for hearing on August 19, 2026.
7 August 2026 · Joy Online →
NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Wontumi) has filed a bail application at the High Court while awaiting the determination of his appeal against conviction; he is currently incarcerated at Nsawam Medium Security Prisons. The application is scheduled for hearing on August 19, 2026.
7 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Bernard Antwi-Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi), serving a 20-year sentence for illegal mining in Samreboi Forest, has apologized to President John Mahama and First Lady Lordina Mahama for remarks made during the 2024 election campaign, and is appealing for presidential clemency.
28 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Samuel Atta Akyea has become lead counsel for NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi) in the Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve illegal mining case, following the voluntary withdrawal of his former lawyer Andy Appiah-Kubi. The trial resumes at the Accra High Court on July 31, 2026.
27 July 2026 · Joy Online →
A High Court judgment in The Republic v. Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi), Kwame Antwi, and Akonta Mining Company Limited addresses regulatory and criminal frameworks governing mineral exploitation, with implications for corporate governance, statutory compliance, and the fight against galamsey.
22 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Kenneth Ashigbey, CEO of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, has denied claims that a personal relationship with the trial judge influenced the outcome of the illegal mining case against NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako. He described as "fabrication" reports that he expressed confidence Wontumi would be convicted because the judge was his sister-in-law.
21 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The Accra High Court has convicted Bernard Antwi-Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi), the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP, on all six charges under the Minerals and Mining Act in connection with illegal mining activities on the Samreboi concession in the Western Region. The charges allege that Wontumi and his company Akonta Mining Limited permitted mining operations without ministerial approval and facilitated unlicensed mining in 2024.
20 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The Accra High Court has convicted NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako on all six charges of illegal mining on the Samreboi concession in the Western Region, including unlawful assignment of mineral rights and facilitating unlicensed mining operations contrary to the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006.
20 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP, has asked the High Court in Accra to refer provisions of the Minerals and Mining Act to the Supreme Court for interpretation. He faces charges of leasing his mining concession at Samreboi in the Western Region contrary to the Act, and his counsel argues that a key provision (Section 14(1) of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006) is legally vague, overbroad and unconstitutional.
16 July 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
The High Court in Accra has dismissed lawyer Andy Appiah-Kubi's application to withdraw from the criminal case involving Akonta Mining Company Limited, Kwame Antwi, and Chairman Wontumi, after the Attorney-General objected that no legal requirement exists for counsel to seek court permission before withdrawing. The case has been adjourned to July 3, 2026, for judgment, with a new deadline of June 24, 2026, for closing addresses.
15 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The Attorney-General has filed a preliminary legal objection at the High Court to block defence lawyer Andy Appiah-Kubi's application to withdraw from the criminal case involving Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako and others. The State's objection raises grounds of jurisdiction, capacity, and standing, arguing the withdrawal application raises fundamental legal questions requiring judicial determination.
12 June 2026 · Joy Online →
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.
11 June 2026 · Joy Online →
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.
11 June 2026 · Joy Online →
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.
4 June 2026 · Daily Guide →
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.
25 May 2026 · The Chronicle →