Court Adjourns Wontumi’s GH¢30m Exim Bank Case Over Amended Charge
The case has been adjourned to October 13 after prosecutors amended the charge sheet to specify the company whose pro-forma invoice was allegedly forged.
- Case adjourned to October 13
- Charge sheet amended
- Wontumi faces five counts
The Accra High Court has adjourned the GH¢30 million Ghana Export-Import Bank (Exim Bank) case involving former Ashanti Regional NPP Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, to October 13, 2026.
The adjournment followed the prosecution’s filing of an amended charge sheet, which specifies the company whose pro-forma invoice was allegedly forged.
When the case was called on Tuesday, September 22, Principal State Attorney Joshua Sackey informed the court that the prosecution had filed and served the amended charge sheet on lawyers for the accused persons.
He subsequently asked the court to withdraw the charge sheet filed on May 15, 2026, and replace it with the new charge sheet filed on September 22.
Amended Charge
The amended charge sheet, dated September 19, 2026, maintains the charge of uttering a forged document under Section 169 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).
However, the particulars now identify the allegedly forged document as a pro-forma invoice belonging to EPSONS GHANA LIMITED.
According to the charge sheet, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako allegedly used the document in 2017, knowing it was not genuine, with the intention of defrauding Exim Bank officials and obtaining GH¢4 million from the bank.
Due to the amendment, the accused persons are expected to take their pleas afresh when the case resumes.
Defence Requests More Time
Nana Nti Ofori-Debrah, holding brief for Samuel Atta Akyea for the first and third accused persons, told the court that he had only just received the amended charge sheet and had not yet had the opportunity to study it with the substantive counsel.
He therefore asked the court to defer the substitution of the charge sheet and the taking of pleas until the next hearing.
The court subsequently adjourned the case to October 13, 2026, at 10:30 a.m.
Exim Bank Case
Bernard Antwi-Boasiako is facing the case alongside Thomas Antwi-Boasiako and Wontumi Farms Limited over an alleged GH¢30 million loss to Exim Bank.
The five-count charge includes defrauding by false pretence, two counts of uttering a forged document, money laundering and intentionally causing financial loss to a public body.
The prosecution alleges that Bernard Antwi-Boasiako and Thomas Antwi-Boasiako obtained about GH¢14.302 million from Exim Bank in 2018 through false pretences.
It further alleges that the accused persons caused the bank to lose GH¢30 million between 2018 and 2022.
