Chairman Wontumi Formally Handed Over to Ghana Prisons Service at Nsawam Medium Security Prison | Discuss Ghana

Following his historic conviction at the High Court in Accra, Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi) has completed standard intake processing at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison to begin serving his 20-year sentence for illegal mining.

According to statements confirmed by security officials and party representatives, officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service processed Wontumi's documentation, health screenings, and custody transfer before executing the heavily guarded transit to the Eastern Region.

Upon his arrival at Nsawam, prison authorities initiated standard intake protocols reserved for high-profile inmates, including cell assignment and the issuance of prison regulation attire.

Emergency NPP Leadership Meeting Convened

News of Wontumi’s physical transfer to Nsawam has thrown the opposition New Patriotic Party into an emergency organizational session:

Political Fallout: Party leadership convened an urgent meeting in Accra to review the conviction and assess the leadership vacuum left in the critical Ashanti Regional stronghold.

Legal Strategy: Lead defense attorney Samuel Atta Akyea and his legal team are preparing an emergency notice of appeal alongside a motion for stay of execution, aiming to challenge Justice Audrey Kocuvie-Tay's ruling at the Court of Appeal.

Protests and Claims of Politicization: NPP communications officers, including Dr. Palgrave Boakye-Danquah, publicly criticized the 20-year custodial sentence as an act of "political victimization," while local party executives in Kumasi expressed shock over the severity of the sentence.

With Wontumi officially remanded in prison custody, the case stands as an unprecedented milestone in Ghana's legal history—marking the highest-ranking political party executive to be incarcerated under the amended Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703).