{
  "id": 16891039,
  "title": "Wontumi EXIM Bank Case: AG Files Trial Papers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/wontumi-exim-bank-case-ag-files-trial-papers",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T11:44:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Guide Network",
    "slug": "daily-guide-network",
    "url": "https://dailyguidenetwork.com/wontumi-exim-bank-case-ag-files-trial-papers/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Office of the Attorney General (AG) has filed all the disclosures and documents it intends to use in the trial of former Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi. Wontumi is accused of causing financial loss of GH¢30 million to a public entity through a loan he obtained from the Ghana Export-Import Bank (Ghana EXIM Bank) in 2018. The prosecution has filed one set of disclosures on October 23 and another on October 26, and they are ready for the case management conference, which will allow them to call their first witness. Wontumi, who is already serving a twenty-year sentence for mining-related offenses, has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}