Security consultant condemns recent attack on people of Kablevu

A security consultant and fraud alert expert Mr Richard Kumadoe has condemned the recent attack on the people of Kablevu and the constant clashes happening in several communities in the Ada West Districts following the government lease of the Songor Lagoon to a private salt mining company Electrochem Ghana Ltd.

He criticised the mode of professional policing going on in the enclave which has caused the people to lose trust in the district police.

In relation to the fresh clashes which occurred in Kablevu on 8th September 2022, Mr Kumadoe called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr Akuffo Dampare, to institute a thorough investigation into the matter and the activities of his men in the district.

In an interview with the media, Mr Kumadoe who is also a native of the district was not happy with the current bloodshed in the district in connection with the leasing of the songor lagoon.

The songor lagoon has been the main source of livelihood for the people in the district for over a century. The people of Ada also have a religious attachment to the resource which also serves as a deity.

In November 2020, the government of Ghana leased the lagoon to a private company (Electrochem Ghana Ltd) a subsidiary of the McDan group of companies headed by the businessman Dr Daniel McKorley.

The communities around the resource have since objected to the privatisation of the whole resource and have organised numerous demonstrations to express their dissatisfaction and called on the government to adhere to the original master plan for the resource developed some years back with the input of the communities.

The communities fear losing their resource and their major means of livelihood to a private entity. They also fear losing their lands and deities to the company and these have heightened tension between the communities and staff of the private company leading to several clashes and bloodshed.

Mr Kumadoe called on the media to come to the aid of the people by focusing their editorial lenses on activities happening in the district.