Journalist at the center of the Galamsey Controversy Seth Mantey has denied allegations of his involvement in the sale of Exacavators.
If we recall, Opposition NDC National Communications Officer Sammy Gyamfi held a press conference and alleged that, Seth Mantey have connived with some group of people and released some of the ceased Exacavators to owners after demanding Ghc50,000 from them.
The journalist has been indicted by a report issued by Former Minister of Science, Environment and Innovations Prof. Frimpong Boateng.
He has also denied ever giving an official Statement to the Former Minister.
Since 2019, the journalist and some other persons were at the center of conversations surrounding some 500 excavators that allegedly got missing and part of the operations of the Inter – Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining(IMCIM).
A recent report issued by Professor Frimpong Boateng, who chaired the committee while serving as Minister of Science, Environment and Innovation also published a statement purported to have been given to his office by Seth Mantey and further indicted him and Horace Ekow Ewusi, a former Central Regional Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party of impeding the fight against illegal mining by selling some excavators that were ceased.
Even though, the Attorney General’s Office has advised that Prof Frimpong Boateng’s report lacked evidential support and further admonished the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service to discharge all government officials mentioned in the report.
It mentioned that allegations of illegal mining activities against the Peace FM journalist Seth Mantey, John Ofori Atta(Commandor), a Former Central Regional Security Cordinator and Horace Ekow Ewusi, a Former Central Regional First Vice Chairman.
Reacting to the development in his first time encounter with the Media, Seth Mantey described the Ndc’s purported Statement in Prof Frimpong Boateng’s report as a forged document.
He has disclosed that the Statement was cooked by some errands boys assigned by the Former Minister’s Of who have since apologized to him but says he has provided his official Statement to the Police and Special Prosecutor’s Office respectively.
The journalist has denied allegations of his involvement in illegal mining activities and also leading sales or handing over excavators to their owners after they have been ceased.
He has also described anything involving his name as false that he served as an errand boy to the former Central Regional Vice Chairman of the ruling Npp Ekow Ewusi and used his personal bank account to receive bribes from illegal miners as being circulated.
Below is the purported statement by the reporter according to the NDC:
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Eric Owusu Amponsah
