Lawyers for the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, have filed an application at the High Court seeking bail pending the hearing and determination of his appeal against his conviction and 20-year prison sentence.
The...
The Director of Communications for the United Party (UP), Solomon Owusu, has alleged that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is projecting a united front over the legal challenges facing its Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, while concealing deep-seated...
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described its Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, as a "political prisoner" following his conviction and 20-year jail sentence over illegal mining-related offences.
Addressing a press conference in Accra on Monday, July 20, 2026,...
The High Court has convicted the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, for unlawfully assigning mineral rights without the requisite approval and deliberately facilitating illegal mining activities at his mining concession in...
The lawyer for Bernard Antwi Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has denied rumors that his client is going on a hunger strike while being held in custody.
Wontumi is still being held by...
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the former vice president and 2024 NPP flagbearer, is aggressively working to obtain bail for Bernard Antwi Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi, the Ashanti regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Since Tuesday, May 27, Chairman Wontumi has been detained...
