The Attorney-General, Mr. Godfred Yeboah Dame, says the galamsey ‘cover-up’ allegation leveled against him by the largest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), is perplexing, dubious and mischievous
According to him, the comments made by the National Communications Officer of the NDC, Mr. Sammy Gyamfi, relative to his legal opinion on the report issued by the former chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) on illegal small-scale mining (Galamsey) Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, are untrue, hollow and offensive statements.
The National Communications Officer of the NDC had accused Mr. Dame of engaging in a sinister move to cover up for government officials accused of engaging in Galamsey.
It is recalled that the Attorney-General’s advice on the ‘galamsey’ report concluded that “in the absence of any evidence on the docket in support of any of the allegations of illegal mining activities, we are unable to recommend the prosecution of any of the persons cited in the Report.
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They should therefore be discharged. We however await the outcome of the investigations conducted in the case involving Seth Mantey, John Ofori Atta, and Ekow Ewusi.”
But addressing one of the NDC’s ‘Moment of Truth series’ press encounters in Accra on Monday, October 16, 2023, Mr. Gyamfi hinted that “Having meticulously analysed the content of the Attorney-General’s legal opinion, we have come to the irresistible conclusion that the said advice is nothing but a poor attempt to cover-up the complicity of officials of the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government and the ruling NPP in the illicit galamsey trade.
But responding to the National Communications Officer of the NDC, the Attroney-General said the docket built by the CID on the Frimpong-Boateng report presented to the Office of the Attorney-General for review, was an inquiry into specific allegations by Prof. Frimpong-Boateng against specifically named individuals.
He noted that the same was not a probe into general Galamsey issues in the country as the NDC mischievously sought to portray to the nation.
He said in spite of a multitude of allegations and invectives spewed on him by the Communications Officer of the NDC, not a single piece of evidence was furnished by the NDC in proof of any allegation made by Prof. Frimpong-Boateng against any person named in his report.
BY ATL FM
