The Office of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice has revealed that it did not receive the investigative docket on Akonta Mining Company Limited from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) until September 2025, despite the probe having begun in 2022.
This information was disclosed in a formal response to a Right to Information (RTI) request filed by private legal practitioner Jonathan Owusu Asare, and signed by the Ministry’s Information Officer, Lydia Attoh.
According to the document, the CID began its investigations in October 2022, following petitions submitted by Ing. Ken Ashigbey and lawyer Martin Kpebu, who had raised concerns about alleged illegal mining operations by Akonta Mining within the Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve.
However, the Attorney-General’s Office stated it was unclear when the CID concluded its investigations, noting that the docket was only officially received “on or about the 15th of September 2025.”
The response emphasized that no docket relating to Akonta Mining was received between 2022 and 2024, contradicting earlier public claims that the report had been submitted under the previous administration.
The RTI disclosure follows comments made by Minister of State for Government Communications, Felix Ofosu Kwakye, who accused the former New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration of failing to act on a supposed completed CID investigation into Akonta Mining. He suggested that the delay reflected either negligence or protection of politically exposed individuals.
The Attorney-General’s clarification now provides an official timeline—indicating that the docket was only received in September 2025, three years after the investigation began.
Akonta Mining, owned by NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Bosiako (Chairman Wontumi), remains under investigation for allegedly engaging in unauthorized mining in the Tano Nimiri Forest and operating without proper authorization on its Samreboi concession.
The case continues to draw significant public attention as part of Ghana’s ongoing battle against illegal mining (galamsey) and questions about political accountability.
