Ghana Court Grants Time for Plea Bargain Talks in EXIM Bank Fraud Case

Court gives Wontumi, A-G until July 6 to report on plea bargain talks in GH¢30m EXIM bank fraud case

An Accra High Court has granted the Attorney-General's Office and lawyers for Ashanti Regional New Patriotic Party Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, until July 6, 2026, to return to court and brief the presiding judge on the progress of plea bargain negotiations in an ongoing fraud case. Prosecution documents show that Wontumi is the sole shareholder and one of two directors of Wontumi Farms Limited, a company incorporated on December 14, 2017, to undertak...

By Caleb Ahinakwah