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Chairman Wontumi sentenced to 20 years and 10,000 penalty units(3 years if he fails to pay) in prison for both counts
Both to run concurrently
Akonta Mining sentence was mitigated to pay penalty units
Judge Audrey Kocuvie Tay finished at 11:40am
COURT UPDATE
Another lawyer as friend of the court has risen to ask for mitigation for Chairman Wontumi and Akonta Mining and consider factors other lawyers have put before Justice Audrey Kocuvie Tay to give minimum sentence
NB: minimum is 15 years
It’s 11:35am
COURT UPDATE
There’s murmurings in the court room as crowd think lawyer for Chairman Wontumi is not convincing Judge and another lawyer stands to speak as friend of the court
Judge tells Wontumi’s lawyer to take his time and not let pressure affect what he is saying
11:25am
COURT UPDATE
In pleading for mitigation, Counsel for Chairman Wontumi says he is a law abiding citizen who came to court everyday. Also he is the breadwinner of his family and a married man so Judge should consider that and tempers justice with mercy and give minimum sentence
COURT UPDATE
Chairman Wontumi’s lawyer says he’s the breadwinner and married so Judge should give minimum sentence
A lawyer who identifies as friend of the court says Chairman Wontumi employs thousands of Ghanaians and ask for mitigation
NB: Minimum sentence is 15 years
COURT UPDATE
The lawyer who identifies as friend of the court pleading for mitigation for Chairman Wontumi says he’s had many companies and because youth employment is very high, he wants the court to take note in its sentence
It’s 11:30am
NB: Judge to give sentence soon
PUBLIC NOTICE
There is a road crash at Birimso Bridge on the N6 Highway (Accra-Kumasi Highway), involving a heavily loaded articulated truck, resulting in a complete blockade of the road for Accra and Kumasi-bound traffic.
It is now an offence to photocopy or visually inspect a Ghana Card for the purpose of transaction. Biometric verification is now MANDATORY.
An organization that contravenes this order commits an offence and faces a fine of at least 500 penalty units and up to 2,000 units on summary conviction.
Individual penalty units range from 50 to 500.
This follows the maturity of the LI 2111 amendment, which was introduced in parliament three months ago and gazetted today.
The Honorable Minister in charge of the National Identification Authority will address the public in the coming days about the steps being taken to enforce this amendment.
In the meantime, you can apply to be onboarded onto the NIA identity Verification Platform by sending an email to [email protected]
#NIA
#IdentityManagement
#GhanaCard
Two women got into a heated confrontation in the front seat of a trotro after one of them repeatedly fell asleep and bumped into the other, nearly turning the argument into a fight.
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