Businessman and Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, will learn his fate on July 3, 2026, after his defence team closed its case before the Accra High Court on Wednesday, June 3.
The court set the judgment date following testimony from the defence’s final witness, Evans Addae, an assembly member for the Samreboi Atigarikrom Electoral Area in the Western Region.
Wontumi and his company, Akonta Mining Limited, are on trial over allegations of facilitating mining operations on the Samreboi concession without ministerial approval, in violation of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703). At the close of proceedings, the court directed parties wishing to file written addresses to do so by June 17, 2026.
Source: Joselyn Kafui Nyadzi

