Ghana: Court Gives a-G 14 Days to File Disclosures in Gh₵30m Exim Bank Fraud Case

What the report says

The High Court in Accra has ordered Ghana’s Attorney-General to file disclosures within 14 days in the alleged GH₵30 million fraud case involving Bernard Antwi Boasiako, the former Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party known as Wontumi. According to Ghanaian Times, the disclosures should list the documents the prosecution intends to rely on. The court also set September 22, 2026, for a case management conference.

The case concerns allegations tied to a Ghana Export-Import Bank facility said to have been secured for a farming project. The prosecution says Boasiako, his brother Thomas Antwi-Boasiako, and Wontumi Farms Limited face charges including defrauding by false pretence, money laundering and uttering forged documents. The public report says Thomas Antwi-Boasiako is at large.

The article says the state alleges that an application made in January 2018 claimed access to about 100,000 acres of land and led to a loan-and-grant package of GH₵18.73 million, with GH₵14.3 million disbursed to the company. Prosecutors allege the farming project was never carried out, machinery was not bought as claimed, and a document presented to the bank was altered from a pro forma invoice into a receipt. They also say some of the money was used for personal and other business purposes, and that recovery efforts failed.

The report adds that Boasiako is already serving a 20-year sentence in a separate case involving illegal mining. In general, plea-bargaining in Ghana can lead to a settlement subject to court approval, but the article does not say whether any agreement has been reached here.