Chairman Wontumi appears in court for the first over galamsey allegations

Details: Wontumi, two others granted GH¢10 million bail in second mining-related case

By: Barbara Kumah In a similar development, WONTUMI, and two others, have been granted bail in the sum of ten million Ghana cedis each with two sureties one of which must be justified with a landed property in another mining-related case in the Tano Nimire Forest Reserve in the Western Region of Ghana. Akonta Mining Company Limited Wontumi, and General Manager of Akonta mining company Limited, EDWARD AKUAKO, were arraigned before the Criminal Co…

Court grants Wontumi GH¢15m bail - Ghana Business News

Chairman Wontumi Bernard Antwi Boasiako the Managing Director of Akonta Mining Company Limited, Tuesday appeared before an Accra High Court charged with assignment of minerals without approval among other charges. Boasiako, known as Chairman Wontumi, is also charged with purposely facilitating an unlicensed mining operation at Samreboi in Ghana’s Western Region. His accomplice, Kwame Antwi, a co-director who is at large, has been charged with as…

Chairman Wontumi placed on stop list as court grants Gh₵15 million bail - Live Ghana TV

The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court has granted bail to the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, in the sum of GH₵15 million. The court, presided over by Justice Mary Maame Ekue Yanzuh, also ordered that Chairman Wontumi be placed on a stop list at all entry and exit points of the country pending further directives. Wontumi has been charged alongside …

Attorney-General opens fresh galamsey case against Wontumi, others

The Attorney-General’s Office has filed new criminal charges against Akonta Mining Company Limited and its owner, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi, over alleged illegal mining and environmental offences. The charges were filed on October 6, 2025, at the High Court (Criminal Division) in Accra. Akonta Mining is listed as the first accused, Wontumi as the second, and three others, Kwame Antwi (at large), Edward Akuoko (Genera…

Wontumi Faces Fresh Seven Criminal Charges over Alleged Illegal Mining

Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has been hit with another set of criminal charges for allegedly engaging in illegal mining activities within the Tano Nimire Forest Reserve in the Western Region. This development comes barely 24 hours after he was charged by the Office of the Attorney-General with six mining-related offences and granted GH₵15 million bail aft…

He can't travel abroad, passport seized, and he is to report twice a month- all you need to know about Chairman Wontumi’s case

Across social media platforms, Ashanti Regional Chairman, Chairman Wontumi, aka “I will change NDC’s position on the ballot paper” , is trending. In videos and pictures that have flown across social media platforms, the politician was rearrested earlier today, October 7, 2025. According to reports gathered by Gh Page, Chairman Wontumi’s arrest is linked to […] The post He can’t travel abroad, passport seized, and he is to report twice a month- a…