Witness alleges Chairman Wontumi ordered illegal mining in Ghana

Prosecution witness alleges Chairman Wontumi ordered mining in protected Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve

The third prosecution witness in the ongoing Tano Nimiri illegal mining case has told the Accra High Court that the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, allegedly instructed mining activities to be carried out within a protected forest reserve without the required authorisation. Chief Inspector Eugene Akpo Glover, the lead investigator in the case, made the claim during cross-examination in the Criminal Division of the High Court in Accra on Tue...

By Caleb Ahinakwah