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Wontumi’s last words to me were ‘work hard, bring NPP back to power’ – Palgrave Boakye-Danquah
“Chairman told me to hang on, work hard for the party, bring the party back to power and get the governance ongoing.
On Monday, July 20, Chairman Wontumi was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment over illegal mining activities on the Samreboi concession in the Western Region.
Justice Audrey Kocuvie-Tay, who presided over the Criminal Division of the High Court, delivered the sentence shortly after 11:40 am on Monday, July 20, 2026, bringing to an end one of Ghana’s most closely watched illegal mining prosecutions.
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