The Office of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice has disclosed that it did not receive any case docket from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) on investigations into Akonta Mining Company Limited until September 2025, nearly three years after the probe began.
The revelation was made in response to a Right to Information (RTI) request filed by private legal practitioner Jonathan Owusu Asare.
In a response signed by the Ministry’s Information Officer, Lydia Attoh, the Attorney-General’s office outlined the chronology of interactions between the CID and the Ministry regarding the case.
According to the Ministry, the CID commenced investigations into Akonta Mining in October 2022 following petitions submitted by Ing. Ken Ashigbey and lawyer Martin Kpebu. The petitions raised concerns over alleged illegal mining activities within the Tano Nimiri Forest Reserve.
However, the Attorney-General’s office indicated that it is unable to determine when the CID concluded its investigations. On the submission of the docket, the Ministry stated that the CID presented it to the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice “on or about September 15, 2025”.
The response further clarified that no docket relating to Akonta Mining was received by the Ministry between 2022 and 2024, despite investigations being underway during that period.
“This office did not receive a docket in respect of Akonta Mining within the stipulated time frame,” the statement said.
