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General News of Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Source: dailyguidenetwork.com
2019-05-29
The confrontation nearly turned into fisticuffs
Officials of the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) and members of the Special Operations Team of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).
The confrontation, which almost turned into fisticuffs, was over which of the two institutions has the authority to investigate the case.
When DAILY GUIDE arrived at the scene, the officials of the two state agencies were engaged in a heated exchange of words, with each side vigorously stating their points.
The trucks were traveling from Nkwanta in Volta Region to Tema Port for export when they were intercepted on the Tema-Akosombo highway at the axle weigh bridge at Afienya in the Ningo-Prampram District of the Greater Accra Region.
It would be recalled that the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources directed the Forestry Commission to the harvesting of the endangered rosewood.
As a result of the ban, members of the GRA Taskforce in the Tema Regional Office of the Office of the Auditor General of the United States Point at Airport, Accra.
EOCO wanted to be transported to the Tema Regional Police Command for further investigation into the GRA Taskforce officials, made up of personal military personnel, refused to release the Rosewood.
An officer from the Forestry Commission was called to resolve the impbade but also asked that it be recorded at Achimota in Accra for investigation but that it was also rejected.
Interestingly, while officials of the various institutions have been arguing, the author of the book managed to escape, leaving the drivers to their fate at the scene.
On the other hand, they are agreed to allow the GRA Taskforce to transport the consignment to the collection point.
However, management of the axle weighed on payment for the overloaded consignment before they could move the consignment.
But members of the GRA Taskforce disobeyed and ordered the drivers to the trucks to move.
Ex Warrant Officer (WO), Musah Atibila, Security Manager of the Axel Weighbridge, told DAILY GUIDE that "the issue was so complicated that it was called me and we should allow it to go ahead. "
"We are imputed the trucks upon weighing the trucks and asked for the content which was disclosed as rosewood.
"Some members of the special team appeared at the scene and asked for the consignment," he explained.
Ben Onumah, an official of the Forestry Commission, told the media that the Forestry Commission has the mandate to investigate the matter.
He, however, stated that his outfit would take steps to retrieve the rosewood and prosecute the spirits.
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