The Kyebi Traditional Council has vehemently denied claim that galamsey activity led to the destruction of President Akufo-Addo’s garden in Kyebi.
Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, in a supposed report, claimed that galamsey activities led to the president’s garden in Kyebi also being destroyed.
But speaking to the media, the chief of Kyebi, Osabarima Marfo Kwabre said the report is untrue and wants Prof Frimpong-Boateng to retract and apologise.
Osabarima Marfo Kwabre said the Kyebi Traditional Council finds it insulting that the president, who has promised to address the issue of illegal mining, would rather allow his compound to be used for the same activity.
“There is nothing like that here [Kyebi]…what Prof Frimpong-Boateng said in his report is totally wrong. There’s nothing like that. We are very uncomfortable [about the report] … the man [President Akufo-Add] has built his name over the years and just when he’s about leaving power, you want to destroy him…”
Osabarima Marfo Kwabre also described the report as “serious propaganda” and challenged Prof Frimpong-Boateng to go to Kyebi and show them [traditional council] where exactly he is talking.
“I wonder why people with high positions can bring themselves so low to that extent of telling lies…I don’t see the point because there is a house here with trees in it up to this point, and I’m not sure how we were able to dig the gold, remove the trees, and replace them.”
“So the trees speak for us, and I don’t believe we need to. The trees and the environment speak for themselves,” he added.
Wilberforce Asare
