A
member of the New Patriotic Party, Kwabena Sarpong wants the Mayor of
Accra, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije to be held liable for the fire outbreaks
at the Kantamanto market and prosecuted in court in the stead of the
suspected arsonists arrested quite recently.
A couple of months
ago, the Kantamanto market followed by the Makola market and other
market centers in the metropolis were razed by fire, which destroyed
several items belonging to traders.
The items worth millions of cedis were all set ablaze leaving behind rubbles for scavengers.
Consequently,
government employed the services of some American fire experts to
ascertain the cause of the fire amidst fears that it may have been
caused by arsonist.
This led to the arrest of the suspects who were detained in jail for more than 48 hours by the Police.
Though
the suspects have been granted bail to a tune of 5000 cedis and cautioned to
present themselves to the Police for further investigations, the NPP
Stalwart believes the arrest of Fatau Ibrahim and Yakubu Tahiru aka
Rasta was wrong.
To him, the real culprit is the Accra Metropolitan Chief Executive.
Speaking
on Oman Fm’s political programme on Wednesday, he claimed the AMA Boss
quickly rushed to the scene of the Kantamanto fire outbreak with a
‘bulldozer” ostensibly to destroy any evidence and therefore held
strongly that the AMA Boss should have been “the first person who should
be dragged and prosecuted for arson.”
“….the arrest of the
suspects was an attempt to justify the claims by President Mahama that
the fires could have caused be arsonists…that is why they rush to prove
the President right because the President said he suspects arson….I
don’t know why under this administration, they cannot do anything
right,” he said. |
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