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Ghana anti‑corruption prosecutions: Wontumi bail adjourned

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The Attorney‑General’s anti‑corruption drive continues to generate multiple high‑profile cases. In late May the AG sued J.A. Plantpool over a US$2 million overpayment in the District Road Improvement Programme, while the Court of Appeal ordered disclosure of missing pages of a Universal Merchant Bank statement in the Kwabena Adu‑Boahene cyber‑defence procurement case. June saw the trial of former National Service Authority deputy Gifty Oware‑Mensah for alleged misappropriation of NSA funds and further cross‑examination in the Adu‑Boahene trial. Bernard Antwi‑Boasiako (“Chairman Wontumi”) filed a plea‑bargain request in the GH₵30 million EXIM Bank fraud case; his defence also contested a lawyer‑withdrawal motion and raised concerns over evidence credibility in the BNC trial. Parliamentarians debated legal‑education reforms and reiterated that Wontumi’s plea talks do not imply guilt. An NPP spokesperson defended Wontumi against galamsey accusations, noting the court record does not charge him personally with illegal mining. In July the Court of Appeal upheld the disclosure order, and prosecutors announced the Adu‑Boahene trial would close within a week. The same month the High Court sentenced Wontumi to 20 years’ hard‑labour imprisonment for illegal mining at Samreboi, imposing fines on him and Akonta Mining. The judgment prompted divergent political reactions, a visit by NPP flagbearer Mahamudu Bawumia to the prison, and repeated media coverage of the sentencing. The EXIM Bank fraud proceedings were adjourned to 27 August for further plea‑bargain negotiations. Subsequent commentary linked the sentencing to internal NPP factionalism, and on 7 August Wontumi applied for bail pending appeal, with a hearing set for 19 August. ~~Following the sentencing, NDC chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketiah remarked that~~ On 19 August, the ~~ruling “weakens~~ Accra High Court adjourned the ~~NPP’s leadership prospects ahead of future elections.”~~ bail hearing for Boasiako to 15 October 2026 after both Boasiako and his lead counsel, Samuel Atta Akyea, failed to appear.

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