The Accra High Court has adjourned the GH¢30 million Ghana Exim Bank case involving former NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, to October 13, 2026.
The adjournment followed the prosecution’s decision to amend the charge sheet in relation to an allegation of uttering a forged document.
At Tuesday’s proceedings, Principal State Attorney Joshua Sackey informed the court that the amended charge sheet had been filed and served on the lawyers representing the accused persons.
The prosecution subsequently asked the court to withdraw the charge sheet filed in May and replace it with the amended version filed on September 22.
The revised charge still relates to the alleged use of a forged document under Section 169 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960, Act 29.
However, the new charge identifies the document in question as a pro-forma invoice purportedly issued by Epson Ghana Limited.
According to the prosecution, the alleged offence occurred in 2017, when Mr Antwi-Boasiako is accused of using the document with the intention of defrauding officials of Ghana Exim Bank and obtaining GH¢4 million.
The defence requested more time to examine the amended charge sheet before the accused persons are called upon to plead to the charges.
Nana Nti Ofori-Debrah, who was holding brief for counsel Samuel Atta Akyea, told the court he had only just received the new document and had not yet had the opportunity to study it or consult the substantive lawyer.
The court subsequently adjourned the case to October 13 at 10:30 a.m., when the amended charges are expected to be read and the accused persons may be required to take fresh pleas.
Chairman Wontumi is standing trial alongside Thomas Antwi-Boasiako and Wontumi Farms Limited over alleged financial losses involving Ghana Exim Bank.
The five charges 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 the accused persons obtained about GH¢14.3 million from Exim Bank through false pretences in 2018 and caused the bank losses amounting to about GH¢30 million between 2018 and 2022.
