The Ashanti Regional Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Yandoh, has been captured in a sombre mood following the 20-year prison sentence handed to the party’s Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, widely known as Chairman Wontumi.

In a video shared on social media on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, by Askghmedia, Yandoh was seen repeatedly shaking his head in disbelief over the court’s decision.

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The video showed the NPP communicator quietly reflecting on the development, without making any public comment on the sentence.

Chairman Wontumi was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment by the Accra High Court on July 20, 2026, after he was found guilty of illegal mining-related offences connected to his Samreboi mining operations in the Western Region.

The court also imposed a fine of 10,000 penalty units, equivalent to GH¢120,000, with a default sentence of three years’ imprisonment if the fine is not paid.

The custodial sentence and the default term attached to the fine will run concurrently.

Justice Kocuvie-Tay had earlier found Wontumi guilty on all six counts, including assigning mineral rights without approval and deliberately facilitating an unlicensed mining operation contrary to the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703), as amended.

The NPP has announced that it will appeal the High Court’s decision.

See the video below:

Paul Yandoh, the Ashanti Regional Communications Director of the NPP, is heartbroken by Chairman Wontumi’s 20-year sentence at Nsawam Prison after he was found guilty of illegal mining-related offences linked to his Samreboi mining operations.

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