Wontumi’s 20 years jail term lenient; Akonta Mining damage warrants maximum sentence – NDC

Deputy Director of IT and Elections of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Rashid Tanko Computer, says the 20-year prison sentence handed to New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, was lenient considering the scale of environmental destruction caused by illegal mining activities.

By Emma Ankrah