I’ll sue you next time you link me with galamsey – Okyenhene tells BNI

The Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II, has threatened to sue the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) the next time it impugns his name to the activities of illegal mining.

“I have told my lawyers and family members that anybody that they hear impugn my name to this activity [galamsey] will have to meet us in court,” Overlord of Akim Abuakwa State told members of the Council of State when paid a courtesy call on him at his palace in Kibi, Friday, May 12, 2017.

The members of the Council of State had gone to Kibi as part of their tour to illegal mining or galamsey sites to get first hand information about the menace.

The Okyenhene, Wednesday, May 10, 2017, demanded an immediate apology from the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) for wrongfully accusing him of engaging in ‘galamsey’ activities.

His demands follow a BNI report which named him and his palace among scores of other chiefs from eight regions of the country as being engaged in illegal mining activities.

In a statement issued on his behalf by the Public Affairs Director of Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council, Mr Daniel Ofori-Atta, the Chief expressed disapproval with regard to the conduct of the BNI in the matter and demanded an official apology with immediate effect.

“The BNI cannot fabricate stories and draw conclusions on the basis of their own invention. The report has seriously maligned the Okyenhene and the Ofori Panin Stool,” it said.