Ghana: Opposition leader sentenced to 20 years in prison for illegal gold mining

July 22 — 05:00 PM

Bernard Antwi Boasiako, regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party in the Ashanti region, was sentenced on Monday to 20 years of hard labor for illegal mining. His party denounced the verdict as politically motivated. He was known as "Chairman Wontumi" in Ghanaian political circles. Bernard Antwi Boasiako, one of the most influential figures in the New Patriotic Party…