Greater than fifteen armed males claiming to be nationwide safety operatives stormed the Bekwai District Workplace of the Forestry Fee within the Ashanti Area, forcibly locking up the ability and halting official operations.
In keeping with stories from JoyNews, the boys armed with pump-action weapons and different weapons threatened the on-site safety personnel, ejected employees from the premises, and padlocked the workplaces with their very own locks.
Eyewitnesses and insiders on the Fee revealed that the armed group had earlier issued threats in protest of what they described as “wanton arrests and impounding of apparatus” belonging to unlawful miners working inside the Oda River Forest Reserve.
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The Forestry Fee has reportedly confronted rising hostility in current weeks following intensified operations to dismantle unlawful mining actions within the protected space.
Nevertheless, sources from Nationwide Safety have firmly denied any affiliation with the group.
In a telephone name with journalist Erastus Asare Donkor, officers acknowledged that the boys usually are not recognised operatives of the Nationwide Safety equipment.
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The police intervened promptly, unlocking the workplaces and restoring entry. The armed people had been subsequently escorted to the workplace of the Municipal Chief Govt in Bekwai for questioning.
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The Minister for Lands and Pure Sources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has strongly condemned the violent closure of the Forestry Fee workplace by males posing as safety personnel.
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In a Fb submit on Monday, July 28, the minister labelled the incident as “brazen and illegal,” urging swift authorized motion towards the perpetrators.
“These acts of lawlessness shouldn’t be allowed to fester. We should protect public peace and the credibility of our establishments. This should function a powerful deterrent to different unscrupulous individuals who could harbour related intentions.”he acknowledged.
Authorities have vowed to research the matter totally and convey the perpetrators to justice, reinforcing their dedication to defending Ghana’s pure assets and the rule of legislation.
