Court Dismisses Wontumi’s Further Documents Request

Court Dismisses Wontumi’s Further Documents Request

Bernard Antwi Boasiako aka Wontumi   A High Court in Accra yesterday turned down a request by lawyers for embattled Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako aka Wontumi, to order the Attorney General to disclose certain documents in his ongoing trial for allegedly facilitating others to mine on his concession without permit. The lawyers had filed an application requesting the Attorney General to furnish …

Court dismisses Wontumi’s application for further disclosures

Chairman Wontumi An Accra High Court on Monday dismissed an application filed by lawyers for Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, seeking further disclosures from the State.  The court, presided over by Justice Audrey Kocuvie-Tay, held that after listening to submissions from defence counsel and Deputy Attorney-General Justice Srem-Sai, there was no justification for ordering additional disclosures.  The court noted that …

Court Throws Out Chairman Wontumi’s Request for Further Disclosures in Samreboi Mining Case

The High Court has dismissed an application by lawyers for the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, widely known as Chairman Wontumi, seeking further disclosures from state prosecutors in the ongoing case in which he is accused of unlawfully permitting mining on his Samreboi concession. Wontumi’s lawyer, Andy Appiah Kubi, argued that the prosecution’s witness relied on an alleged deed or agreement suppose…