A former Secretary for the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM) Charles Onuawonto Bissue is urging the state investigative bodies to probe all properties the late Chief Executive Officer for the Forestry Commission, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie alias Sir John amassed since 2019.
According to Mr Bissue, claims of Francis Owusu owning a mining firm jointly with Sir John raises suspicions of some wrongful dealings that were undertaken after he resigned from the IMCIM.
He disclosed that Francis Owusu [a former staff of the IMCIM], is a beneficiary of the DML, the mining firm named in Sir John’s will. Mr Bissue alleged that while at the IMCIM, Francis Owusu kept persuading him to acknowledge an invitation from Sir John over some “dealings” related to the operations of the IMCIM.
He furthered that it was strange Anas’ documentary alleging his involvement in bribery and circumvention of due process with the licensing of miners, came shortly after he had mobilized a team of journalists to assess the devastation caused by some recalcitrant miners in forest reserves across the country.
This, he suspected was a deliberate attempt by his adversaries to silence him and stain his reputation even before his report on the devastation is published.
He was speaking on Accra based Angel FM
