The first defence witness in the Samreboi concession trial has told the court that verbal permission cannot amount to the assignment of mineral rights under Ghana’s mining laws. Wisdom Edem Gomashie, who on Thursday (May 14, 2026) testified as an expert mining engineer for Chairman Wontumi and the other accused persons, said Ghana’s legal framework […]
The Criminal Division of the High Court in Accra has granted Bernard Antwi-Bosiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, an additional opportunity to file his witness statements in the alleged Samreboi illegal mining case, should he choose to do so. The presiding judge, Justice Audrey Kocouvi-Tey, gave […]
