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…After he confesses to engaging in illegal mining
The Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin says, he will not relent in his efforts to crack the whip among any chief within the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional area who is involved in illegal mining.
This comes after the Benkumhene of Asamang Tamfoe Nana Darkwa admitted his involvement in illegal mining at Asamang Tamfoe before the Akyem Abuakwa Judicial Council in Kyebi.
The necessary customary rites were performed by Okyenhene’s chief linguist Okyeame Antwi Boasiako on a stone referred to as ‘Bonsamboo’ at the forecourt of the Ofori Panin fie to symbolize the destoolment of the Benkumhene of Asamang Tamfoe Nana Darkwa over his involvement in illegal mining.
The customary rites were performed in the presence of the Kyebi Executive Council and the Chief of Asamang Tamfoe Nana Kwame Koh II.Before his destoolment, Nana Darkwa had organized a press conference calling the bluff of the Okyeman Environmental Protection Taskforce and threatening to crush them if they dare enter Asamang Tamfoe to clamp down on illegal mining in the area.
At the press conference, he addressed himself as the chairman of the Community Mining Committee at Asamang Tamfoe and Benkumhene of the area who wield the sole powers to supervise community mining in the area.
Nana Darkwa is said to have instigated the Asamang Tamfoe youth in a confrontation that ensured between the Okyeman Environmental Taskforce and a section of the youth in the area which led to sporadic gunshots in the area some months ago.
He had questioned the authority of the leader of the Okyeman Environmental Taskforce who doubles as the Apepamhene, Okogyeman Apedja Fori, and the Kyebi Divisional Police Command on clamping down on the menace of illegal mining in the area.
At the Judicial Council meeting in Kyebi, the Council revealed that their checks at the Minerals Commission denied the commissioning of any Community Mining at Tamfoe. It further states that the Minerals Commission has not appointed anybody to chair Community Mining Module in the area.
The report says, Nana Darkwa previously declined an invitation by the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council over his conduct and exhibited gross insubordination towards the Okyenhene.
At the Judicial Council meeting, Nana Darkwa prostrated himself down before the Okyenhene in remorse but the Okyenhene after listening to his admissions of illegal miming and calling the bluff of the Okyeman Taskforce made a consequential Order for his destoolment.
The Overlord of Akyem Abuakwa insisted that the Benkumhene is not fit to be a chief per his conduct.
Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin cautioned Chiefs within the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional area to be guided by this development and desist from promoting activities of illegal mining or getting involved in same or face destoolment.
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