A police detective yesterday told the Accra High Court that former Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, aided illegal mining at the Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve.
Detective Eugene Akpor Glover, the third prosecution witness and investigator in the case, made the claim during cross-examination by counsel for Boasiako, Samuel Atta Akyea.
Mr Akyea suggested that his client had never personally operated mining equipment at the concession.
Detective Glover agreed but maintained that investigations had established that Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, aided other persons to undertake mining activities contrary to the law. Read More
BY MALIK SULLEMANA
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