LAW 101: Akonta re-enter Samreboi: Unratified leases, no permits, and civil trespass
Akonta Mining Company Limited re-entered Samreboi, leading to a judgment delivered on May 19, 2023, by Her Ladyship Afia N. Adu-Amankwa at the High Court in Sekondi (Suit No. E1/5/22). The court held that a mining lease signed by the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources does not co-exist with private land rights and public constitutional restraints, and that Akonta Mining continued to bypass mandatory legal checkpoints even when attempting to formalize its Samreboi presence through executive government leases.
This judgment is a civil-law precursor to Chairman Wontumi's persistent footprint in Samreboi. Bernard Antwi Boasiako, known as Chairman Wontumi, received a 20-year prison sentence under Sections 14 and 99 of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006 (Act 703), as amended by Act 995, in a criminal prosecution on July 20, 2026. A 2019 civil suit judgment by Justice Richard Adjei-Frimpong detailed how Wontumi's earlier illegal Samreboi operations destroyed the Tano River environment.
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Akonta Mining Company Limited and Bernard Antwi Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi, have a long history of legal disputes concerning natural
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