The Accra High Court has adjourned the trial of former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, to November 2 and 3, 2026, after it emerged that the court had not received the prosecution’s disclosures in the case involving an alleged financial loss of more than GH¢30 million to the Ghana Export-Import Bank (Exim Bank).

The adjournment is intended to give the court access to the documents and allow defence counsel, Samuel Atta Akyea, adequate time to study them before the trial proceeds.

At Tuesday’s sitting, October 27, 2026, Deputy Attorney-General Dr Justice Srem-Sai told the court that the prosecution had filed and served the disclosures on the defence in two batches, dated October 23 and 26.

The court, however, said it had not received copies of the documents.

Atta Akyea informed the court that he collected his copy from the registry on October 27 and required time to examine the material.

“I was going to invite the court to give me some latitude to peruse the documents. Because the liberty of the individual is at stake, I should be able to read through,” he said.

Justice Halimah El-Alawa Abdul-Baasit, who presided over the proceedings, subsequently adjourned the case to November 2 and 3 to facilitate the review of the disclosures.

The prosecution has not yet called a witness in the case.

Charges against Wontumi

Antwi-Boasiako is being tried alongside Thomas Antwi-Boasiako, who is currently at large, and Wontumi Farms Limited over allegations of causing a financial loss of more than GH¢30 million to Exim Bank.

According to the prosecution, the accused persons obtained GH¢14.302 million from the bank in 2018 through false pretences in relation to a proposed farming project.

The charges against Antwi-Boasiako include defrauding by false pretence, two counts of uttering forged documents, money laundering and intentionally causing financial loss to a public body.

The prosecution alleges that some documents used to secure the funding were forged or altered and that the proposed farming activities were never undertaken.

Antwi-Boasiako has denied all five charges and pleaded not guilty.