A political analyst Clement Adu Acheampong has alluded that politicians and the systems that have been put in place in managing the affairs of the country have failed Ghanaians because all the politicians pretend to care and work for the country but rather work to fill their pockets.
In an interaction with Ohene Addo on Plan B FM morning show NKOSUONSEM when Mr. Adu Acheampong was reacting to the rearrest of the Chinese national Aisha Huang for engaging in illegal mining activities in the country.
” you arrested a galamsey kingpin and you let her go in the name of a loan from her country, what kind of a country are we running, who is she that we can’t arrest and prosecute and we are wasting resources” he fumed.
“As things are failing in the country the only option is to vote this government out in the next election but the question is who are we bringing we vote them out” he added.
Samuel Nana Appiah a security analyst on the same show added his voice to the issue by wanting to know under what category was she deported and was her deportation was made publicly, for the Ghana Immigration Service to redeem their name and image they should explain to Ghanaians how Aisha Huang left the country and how she returned.
“There are a lot of loopholes in our security system in the country which is a worry we need to be attended to, it is not something cumbersome we cannot do, its something easy to be done by the security agencies to protect the integrity of the country”.
Galamsey kingpin, Aisha Huang, has been remanded into police custody over illegal mining by an Accra Circuit Court.
This was after she was re-arrested together with three others for their involvement in the crime.
They have been charged with mining without a license and engaging in the sale and purchase of minerals. They are expected to reappear in court on September 14, 2022.
They all pleaded not guilty to all charges.
The court preserved her plea because there was no Chinese interpreter, according to a Ghana News Agency report.
The three are John Li Hua, Huang Jei, and Huaid Hai Hun.
Below are a few details.
The facts as narrated in court are that the complainants are security and intelligence officers and the accused persons, are Chinese nationals.
The prosecution said Aisha had gained “notoriety” for engaging in a series of small-scale mining activities known as galamsey across the country.
It said in 2017, Aisha was arrested for a similar offense, but she managed to “sneak out” of the country, averting prosecution.
The prosecution said early this year, Aisha “sneaked” into Ghana having changed the details on her Chinese passport.
It said Aisha resumed small-scale mining activities without a license and further engaged in the purchase and sale of minerals in Accra without valid authority as granted by the Minerals and Mining Act.
The prosecution said she engaged in the sale and purchase of minerals with the three accused persons, and that intelligence led to their arrest.
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