… In their statement of claim, filed through their lawyer Samuel Atta-Akyea, they contend that the dispute centres on recovery of a loan exceeding GH¢18 million granted to finance a farming project. …
… Samuel Atta-Akyea, lead counsel for Chairman Wontumi, confirmed the unsuccessful plea bargain but did not rule out the possibility of reaching an agreement before the end of the trial. …
… Their lawyer, Samuel Atta-Akyea, had informed the court that he was aware the Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has filed an application for a review of the decision of a single judge of the Supreme Court who turned down a request to injunct the court …
… , are accused of crimes (which they vehemently deny) allegedly committed as a result of their previous political exposure, is no justification for a different set of laws, rules and regulations to be applied for the conduct of their trial.” Adu-Boahene, 2 Others Samuel Atta-Akyea …
… The lawyers stepped in when they realised that Charles Boakye, a seemingly younger lawyer who held the brief of Wontumi’s substantive counsel, Samuel Atta-Akyea, was somehow struggling to convince the court. …
… In cross-examination led by Mr Samuel Atta-Akyea, counsel for the accused persons, the witness told the court that Mr Adu-Boahene and his wife had a special banking relationship with UMB Bank, resulting in arrangements that facilitated certain transactions. …
… Samuel Atta-Akyea, counsel for the accused persons, in a further cross-examination of PW3, subsequently referred the witness to a series of emails relating to withdrawal requests involving one Frank Anane and sought to tender them in evidence, but it was objected to. …
… During cross-examination, Samuel Atta-Akyea, counsel for the accused persons, questioned Mildred Donkor, a prosecution witness, on financial transactions involving accounts linked to BNC Communications Bureau Limited and Adu-Boahene. …
Chairman Wontumi and Wontumi Farms have sued Ghana Exim Bank, EOCO, and the Attorney General, arguing that a loan dispute exceeding GH¢18 million should be resolved through civil proceedings rather than criminal charges of fraud, money laundering, and financial loss to the state. The plaintiffs contend that EOCO has exceeded its mandate by acting as a debt collector in a contractual matter involving a farming project financed by the disputed loan.
Chairman Wontumi and Wontumi Farms have sued Ghana Exim Bank, EOCO, and the Attorney General, arguing that a loan dispute exceeding GH¢18 million should be resolved through civil proceedings rather than criminal charges of fraud, money laundering, and financial loss to the state. The plaintiffs contend that EOCO has exceeded its mandate by acting as a debt collector in a contractual matter involving a farming project financed by the disputed loan.
Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi), the former Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP, has failed to reach a plea bargain with the Attorney General over allegations of causing GH¢30 million financial loss to a public body. The court has directed the Attorney General to file disclosures and witness statements by September 22, 2026, after which trial will commence.
The trial of former Director-General of National Signals Bureau Kwabena Adu-Boahene and his wife Angela Adjei-Boateng resumed after the court rejected their lawyer's request to adjourn pending a Supreme Court review. They are charged with allegedly stealing GH¢49.1 million from the state.
Lawyers representing former NAFCO CEO Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba and former NSB Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene have written to the Chief Justice protesting the decision to conduct their trials during the legal vacation, calling it unprecedented and discriminatory, and indicating their inability to comply with what they describe as an unconstitutional directive.
Bernard Antwi Boasiako, Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NPP, was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment and fined GH¢120,000 for permitting others to mine on his company's concession at Samreboi in the Western Region. During sentencing, two unaffiliated lawyers stepped in to plead for a reduced sentence when the accused's own counsel appeared to struggle in mitigation.
Mildred Donkor, a prosecution witness in the trial of Kwabena Adu-Boahene and two others, testified that UMB Bank branches could not independently transfer funds between themselves; such approvals could only come from headquarters. The witness acknowledged that Adu-Boahene and his wife had a special banking relationship with the bank that facilitated certain transactions, but rejected defence suggestions that fund movements through various companies were intended to create a complex network for their benefit.
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.
An Accra High Court rejected the tendering of an April 2018 email as evidence by the defence team during cross-examination in the trial of Adu-Boahene and his wife. The rejection occurred amid questioning of a prosecution witness about financial transactions involving BNC Communications Bureau Limited and Adu-Boahene's accounts.