"I Just Don’t Want to Go to Jail": Akonta Mining GM Speaks on Decision to Testify for the State

I willingly accepted to be a state witness – Akonta Mining General Manager

Manager of Akonta Mining, Edward Akuoko, who is now a state witness in the Tano Nimirie Forest Reserve case against Akonta Mining and Benard Antwi Boasiako, known popularly as Wontumi, says the government gave him a sweet deal, and he took it. According to him, he needs to look out for himself in the case, hence his decision to accept a deal from the state. To him, he may be forgotten in the scheme of affairs should he be jailed in the case, whi…

"I just don’t want to go to jail": Akonta Mining GM speaks on decision to testify for the state

Edward Akuoko, the General Manager of Akonta Mining, justified turning state witness in the case prosecuting Benard Antwi-Boasiko, aka Chairman Wontumi.

‘I’m saving myself from prison’ – Akonta Mining manager on serving as prosecution witness

Edward Akuoko, the General manager at Akonta Mining Limited and formerly the fourth accused in the ongoing criminal case against the company, has spoken publicly about his decision to cooperate with prosecutors as a state witness. Speaking on Okay FM, Mr Akuoko admitted that his choice was driven by self-preservation, saying he received little support compared to Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman W…