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The Criminal Division of the Accra High Court has sentenced the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, widely known as Chairman Wontumi, to 20 years’ imprisonment for his involvement in illegal mining activities on the Samreboi concession in the Western Region.
The sentence was handed down by Justice Audrey Kocuvie-Tay shortly after 11:40 a.m. on Monday, July 20, 2026, bringing to a close one of Ghana’s most high-profile prosecutions relating to illegal mining (galamsey).
Read the full judgment below.
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