{"id":318723,"date":"2017-05-13T08:11:37","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T08:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=318723"},"modified":"2017-05-13T08:11:37","modified_gmt":"2017-05-13T08:11:37","slug":"i-will-sue-anyone-who-tags-me-with-galamsey-okyenhene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/i-will-sue-anyone-who-tags-me-with-galamsey-okyenhene\/","title":{"rendered":"I will sue anyone who tags me with galamsey – Okyenhene"},"content":{"rendered":"
Legal action awaits the next person who accuses the Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, of being engaged in illegal mining.<\/p>\n
The Okyenhene is livid over claims of his supposed ties to illegal mining, along with a BNI report alleging same, and has vowed to sue anybody who disrespects him by associating him with\u00a0the menace.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”BJ08SFbW0VTJUINm0zdJcN5aZJTkwSe9″]He said he was no longer going to take accusations\u00a0lying down and “anybody that my lawyers hear impugn my name with this activity will have to meet us in court.\u201d<\/p>\n
Osagyefuo Ofori Panin vented his frustrations when members of the Council of State paid a courtesy call on him as part of their tour and assessment of areas affected by illegal mining.<\/p>\n
Allegations are crazy<\/strong><\/p>\n The Okyenhene stressed the magnitude of the effects of illegal mining, which he described as a \u201cbetrayal of the future generations\u201d and from a logical standpoint, the chief saw no sense in mining on a land he owned illegally when he could just as easily get a licence.<\/p>\n \u201cIf the land in Akyem Abuakwa is mine and I have an interest in gold, can\u2019t I go to the Minerals Commission to pick up a license to do mining properly if that is what I choose to do.? It is crazy for anybody to think that I would get up at night and go and steal my own land.\u201d<\/p>\n “Illegal mining is a criminal activity and for anybody to impugn my name with an activity that is criminal is a serious one. I know too much and I love this nation too much to even engage in it. How much money can it even pay me.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI am tired of my family and my friends and the people who know me hearing that somehow I am involved in this,\u201d Osagyefuo Ofori Panin stated.<\/p>\n