The Accra High Court has adjourned the case involving former Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, to November 2 and 3, 2026, to allow the court and defence counsel to examine the prosecution’s disclosures.
The case concerns an alleged financial loss of more than GH¢30 million to the Ghana Export-Import Bank (Exim Bank).
The adjournment followed the court’s confirmation that it had not received copies of the disclosures, although the prosecution said the documents had already been filed and served on the defence.
Deputy Attorney-General Dr. Justice Srem-Sai, who led the prosecution on Tuesday, October 27, told the court that the disclosures were filed in two batches. The first was filed on October 23, while the second was filed on October 26.
However, counsel for the accused persons, Samuel Atta Akyea, said he had collected his copy of the documents from the court registry on October 27 and needed sufficient time to study them before the case could proceed.
“I was going to invite the court to give me some latitude to peruse the documents. Because the liberty of the individual is at stake, I should be able to read through,” he said.
The court, presided over by Justice Halimah El-Alawa Abdul-Baasit, subsequently adjourned the case to allow the disclosures to be made available to the court and give the defence adequate time to examine them.
The prosecution is yet to call its first witness in the case.
Mr. Antwi-Boasiako is standing trial alongside Thomas Antwi-Boasiako, who is currently at large, and Wontumi Farms Limited over allegations relating to the acquisition of funds from Exim Bank in 2018.
According to the prosecution, the accused persons obtained GH¢14.302 million from the bank through alleged false pretences in connection with a proposed farming project.
Mr. Antwi-Boasiako faces five charges, including defrauding by false pretence, two counts of uttering forged documents, money laundering and intentionally causing financial loss to a public body.
The prosecution alleges that documents submitted to secure funding for the project were forged or altered and that the proposed farming activities were not undertaken.
Mr. Antwi-Boasiako has pleaded not guilty to all five charges.
