Samuel Atta Akyea, the lawyer for Bernard Antwi Boasiako, commonly known as Chairman Wontumi, has written to the Court Registrar requesting a temporary postponement due to his unavailability as lead counsel.
It will be recalled that Atta Akyea had earlier filed an urgent request for the adjournment of a motion seeking the deferment of judgment and a constitutional referral of the case involving Wontumi and Akonta Mining Company Limited.
On July 17, 2026, in a letter signed by Charles Boakye, Esq on behalf of the legal firm Zoe, Akyea & Co address to the court, read, “We act as Counsel for the 1st and 3rd Accused persons/Applicants in the intituled matter.
We respectfully write to inform the Court that the substantive hearing of the 1st and 3rd Accused Persons’ application for deferment of judgment and constitutional referral has been scheduled for Monday, the 20th of July 2026.
We regret to state that learned Counsel who is seised with the conduct of the matter, Mr Samuel Atta Akyea, Esg., is presently outside the jurisdiction of the Republic of Ghana on a prior personal engagement and will return to the country on Wednesday, the 22nd day of July 2026.
In the circumstances, we respectfully pray that the hearing of the said application be adjourned to a date after the 22nd day of July 2026 to enable learned Counsel, who is fully seised with the conduct of this case and is best placed to move the application, to be present before the Court.
We respectfully assure the Court that this request is made in utmost good faith and not with the intention of delaying the proceedings, but solely to afford the 1st and 3rd Accused persons the opportunity to have their application argued by Counsel with conduct of the matter.
We shall be grateful if this request is placed before the learned trial Judge for her consideration.
We thank you for your usual cooperation”.
However, reports suggest the state has confirmed its preparedness to appear before the court for proceedings as there has been no formal communication for an adjournment.
A social media post read, “After bringing a Motion for stay and reference to the Supreme Court for interpretation which has been scheduled for Monday, July 20, Lawyer for the accused, Samuel Atta Akyea has caused his Firm to write to the Court saying that he’s out of the jurisdiction and wants the Motion to be taken at a later date.
“Meanwhile, judgment is scheduled for the same date, Monday, July 20.
“The Republic will be in Court for proceedings of the day as there has been no formal communication of adjournment”.
Meanwhile, a netizen has alleged that the counsel for the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Chairman Wontumi, Samuel Atta Akyea, is planning to withdraw from the Samreboi case.
According to the netizen, Atta Akyea plans to withdraw from Wontumi’s Samreboi case over medical treatment abroad five days before the court judgement.
He further alleged that the case will then be handed over to former Attorney General Godfred Dame.
In a post shared, the netizen alleged, saying, “Atta Akyea is planning to withdraw from the Samreboi case for medical treatment abroad 5 days before the judgement and will hand over to Godfred Dame; let’s hope this plan does not work”.
See the post below:
BREAKING: Samuel Atta Akyea, the lawyer for Bernard Antwi Boasiako, better known as Chairman Wontumi, reportedly won’t be appearing in court tomorrow to deliver the final judgement in the Republic v Wontumi case. pic.twitter.com/5EvSnuCdKx
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