NDC’s Mustapha Gbande exposes NPP big men involved in Galamsey
The Deputy Director of Operations at the Presidency, Mustapha Gbande, has expressed disappointment in the National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress, Joseph Yamin, whom President John Dramani Mahama directed should be investigated over allegations of illegal mining.
Speaking in an interview on UTV, Mr. Gbande, who also serves as the Deputy National Organiser of the NDC, criticised certain individuals he suggested were behind Mr. Yamin’s current situation.
He warned that unlike the opposition New Patriotic Party, which he said failed to stop wrongdoing under the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo administration, the NDC will not allow similar issues to occur.
“He is not a mean person; he is your national organiser. We are here. When the issues start coming up, they will come in grand style. NPP would have stopped what happened under President Akufo-Addo, but they didn’t have courageous people leading them.
“We have the courageous people, and when the die is cast, the resultant effect will be devastating. At least you are an appointee; it is only wise that the party that brought you… I can mention names, but I won’t. The CEOs, they know themselves,” he said.
Mr. Gbande stated that Mr. Yamin is prepared to face any security agency, including the Economic and Organised Crime Office, regarding the allegations against him.
“Nobody is afraid of the other; it is because of wisdom that everybody is quiet. It is wrong. What is wrong is condemnable, unacceptable, and it must be dismissed. And we must speak to it. When you are quiet, it doesn’t mean you are a coward. I’m not a coward.
“Man is born to die but once. It is because we are all in government, and should accord each other respect, which is why everybody is quiet, but I don’t think it was a fair treatment of Yamin. I don’t,” he said.
The Deputy Director of Operations at the Presidency added that the appropriate approach would have been for party leaders to question Mr. Yamin internally before any external action was taken.
“We are to use intelligence when it comes to law enforcement matters. If someone does something wrong, we have party leaders who should call and ask him, ‘Yamin, did you do what you are being accused of?’
“You can’t have a government that believes that I won’t protect party people. Nobody is asking you to shield a crime of a party person, and every day we educate party people not to get themselves involved in something that is criminal. Because when it gets there, the president will save you… it is only wise that if your party member does something, you call and ask him about it,” he said…CONTINUE MORE READING>>>
@officialokayfm Joseph Yamin has not been treated fairly according to Mustapha Gbandi #okayfm