@the1957news: The New Patriotic Party (NPP) says it considers the 20-year prison sentence handed to Chairman Wontumi to be politically motivated and has vowed to appeal the court's decision. Speaking at a press briefing on the party's position on the ruling, General Secretary Justin Frimpong Kodua described the sentence as "political imprisonment."

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kwekuaddae
Kweku Addae :
How do you sentence one to 20yrs of improvement for mining issues? The new Idi Amin in action.
2026-07-21 06:21:00
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john.peter056
john peter :
but afenyo is lower so why press conference, better go to court if you think there's no evidence that he's involved in the illegal galamise
2026-07-21 09:57:07
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mohammedbob50
mohammedbob50 :
Get serious for once
2026-07-21 09:15:57
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anna.wood27
Anna Wood :
I need a friend from Ghana 🇬🇭🇬🇭
2026-07-21 10:53:57
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nana.yowu.82
Nana YOwu :
MINIMUM SENTENCE FOR THOSE OFFENCES IS 15 YEARS. MAXIMUM IS 25 YEARS. NO JUDGE NOT EVEN THE CHIEF JUSTICE CAN GIVE LESS THAN 15 YEARS. SO MAYBE WONTUMI CAN APPEAL AND GET 15 YEARS INSTEAD OF THE 20 YEARS. COOL? PRESIDENT AKUFO ADDO AND NPP GOVT MADE THAT LAW. BEFORE THAT, JUDGES WERE ABLE TO GIVE EVEN SOME FEW MONTHS UP TO 5 YEARS. IN SOME CASES, JUDGES COULD IMPOSE FINES. AKUFO ADDO IN 2021 SAID, THE JUDGES ARE NOT USING THE LAW WELL SO HE WAS GOING TO CHANGE THE LAW ON MINING OFFENCES. THEN HE BROUGHT THIS LAW. NO FEW MONTHS IMPRISONMENT OR FINE. MINIMUM 15 YEARS AND MAXIMUM 25 YEARS.. DO YOU KNOW THE NUMBER OF GHANAIANS AND FOREIGNERS WHO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND IMPRISONED FOR BETWEEN 15 TO 25 YEARS UNDER THIS LAW? POLITICIANS ARE NOT BETTER THAN THE AVERAGE GHANAIAN WHO ARE IN PRISON FOR ILLEGAL MINING. SO POOR NORMAL GHANAIANS SHOULD BE ARRESTED AND INVESTIGATED AND PROSECUTED AND IMPRISONED BETWEEN 15 TO 25 YEARS FOR THIS SAME OFFENCE BUT CHAIRMAN WONTUMI AND POLITICIANS ARE ABOVE THE LAW AND SPECIAL, ABI?
2026-07-20 20:06:01
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ebenezerquainooar
Ebenezer Quainoo-Arthur :
Justice cannot be selective
2026-07-21 07:30:40
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dphint5
Dzidphill :
oh so npp don't have regional chairman in Ashanti 🤔😁😁😁😁
2026-07-21 01:36:41
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sonofplutus
Son of Plutus 💰🪎 :
Where were they when they were looking for lawyers to defend him?
2026-07-20 17:32:13
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user9476252849341
Nana Owusu :
20 yrs is small, they should add 30 to it
2026-07-20 18:42:27
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kungsongsolomonda
kungsongsolomonda :
Let's be mindful that power is transition, if you are teacher keep all your teaching materials or else you will you account for it one day. i rest my case 🙏💯
2026-07-20 22:41:11
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jackagbe7
jackagbe :
Look at their faces, hypocrisy
2026-07-20 18:55:45
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amapapabi613
amapapabi6 :
May the same law continue to work forever on both politics because non of them are innocent
2026-07-20 17:27:40
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lion.bonbon
LION BONBON :
Afenyo marking is shaking because he know that the next can him 🤣🤣🤣🤣
2026-07-20 18:29:12
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kwesibrownie
Dennis :
So if npp wins, these are the people to be leading Ghana?? These people??? 🤮
2026-07-20 18:34:12
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apuko_de1
Apuko :
Next is the, NSS, Buffer stock and Skytrain. NPP is dead💀⚰💀⚰💀 and gone🤣🤣
2026-07-20 20:19:50
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smoke2904
smoke :
nonsense..you didn't know you should call him to order?
2026-07-20 18:36:17
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mahtjoes
Maht Joes :
Aaaah so is he okay
2026-07-20 18:20:06
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ish_salman
Ish 🦁 :
So he is trying to tell us that wuntomi is innocent or the conviction is overblown. I thought he had the right to any lawyer of his choosing
2026-07-20 17:59:10
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ebenezerarthur1058
EBENEZER :
das npp party tink abt Ghanaian citizens at all
2026-07-20 19:09:55
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adwenbolobo
adwenbolobo :
God be with him, he will surely bounce back
2026-07-20 21:28:17
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yetman6
shaikibu6 :
good
2026-07-20 22:13:32
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abdul.samiu.murta
Abdul samiu Murtala :
painful please do something about it
2026-07-20 21:19:57
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biegmalighanalimited
BIEGMALI GHANA LIMITED :
By the fire side
2026-07-21 15:20:22
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afordoferosemarys
Destiny :
but I want to know, is his conviction based on only illegal mining? Samraboi people must speak.
2026-07-20 23:07:09
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geycghana
GEYC Ghana :
😁😁😁 politricks all the time
2026-07-20 17:19:41
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