The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has been granted bail in the sum of GH¢15 million by the Criminal Division of the Accra High Court.
Presided over by Justice Audrey Kocuvie-Tay, the court ordered Chairman Wontumi to produce three sureties, two of whom must justify their bail with landed property. All three sureties are required to submit copies of their Ghana Cards and digital addresses to the court’s registry.
As part of the bail conditions, Chairman Wontumi is to deposit his passport(s) with the court registry and report to the case investigator twice monthly — on the first and third Mondays of each month.The investigator has been directed to file evidence of the accused’s compliance with the reporting requirement.
Chairman Wuntumi has been charged alongside with his company Akonta Mining Company Limited and Kwame Antwi who is currently at large.Chairman Wontumi and his company has pleaded not guilty to assignment of mineral rights without approval and purposely facilitating an unlicenced mining operation. The case has been adjourned to October 28, 2025.
