State prosecutors are expected to rely on four witnesses in the case in which Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, is facing charges, including allegedly assigning mineral rights without approval.
Mr. Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has been charged together with Kwame Antwi, a Director of Akonta Mining (currently at large), and Akonta Mining, the company itself.
On Wednesday, November 12, when the case was called for a Case Management Conference (CMC), it emerged that the State has filed further disclosures, although the court’s copy is yet to be on the docket.
The prosecutors indicated to the court, presided over by Justice Audrey Kocivie-Tay, that they will rely on four witnesses.
The case has been adjourned to November 27, 2025, for CMC.
Per the Charge Sheet filed on October 6, 2025, Chairman Wontumi and the two others are facing a combined six charges, with each facing two counts.
The charges comprise three counts of assignment of mineral rights without approval, contrary to Section 14(1) and Section 99(2)(b) of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703), as amended by Section 3 of the Minerals and Mining (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Act 995), and another three counts of purposely facilitating an unlicensed mining operation, contrary to Section 99(2)(b) of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703), as amended by Section 3 of the Minerals and Mining (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Act 995).
