Deputy Minister Ekow Vincent Assafuah has accused Quaicoo, also known as Oboy, of being the possible mastermind of the destructive fire. Speaking impassionedly on Asempa FM, the Deputy Minister implied that the act was not arbitrary but rather highly political, driven by tensions following the recent general elections. Mr. Assafuah bemoaned the disruption of the market's togetherness, saying, "Anyone who knows Kantamanto will tell you that these are people who live as one community." The polling agent for the opposition NDC, Quaicoo, he disclosed, had lately fallen on hard feet after a divorce, leaving him financially reliant on market associates.