Wontumi appears in court, pleads not guilty in amended Exim Bank fraud charges
Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, a former NPP regional chairman, has pleaded not guilty to five charges including fraud and money laundering related to a GH¢30 million case involving the Ghana Exim Bank. The court has adjourned the case to October 27 for case management.
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High-profile corruption trials involving public financial institutions are significant for political accountability and economic governance in Ghana.
The convicted former Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, has pleaded not guilty to five charges in the GH¢30 million alleged fraud case involving the Ghana Export-Import Bank (Exim Bank).
He pleaded not guilty to charges of defrauding by false pretence, two counts of forged document, money laundering and intentionally causing financial loss to a public body when he appeared before the Accra High Court on October 13, 2026.
The pleas were taken after the court presided over by Justice Halimah El-Alawa Abdul-Baasit approved the substitution of the charge sheet filed on May 15, 2026, with an amended charge sheet filed on September 22, 2026.
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