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Veteran journalist Abdul Kweku Baako has called a mission impossible the promise made by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of opposition to bring the illegal Chinese mine Aisha Huang deported to justice in Ghana.
"It's a worthless cause," said Kweku Baako in JoyNews' journal, Newsfile, Saturday.
Aisha Huang, after years of impunity, was arrested in May 2017 and deported in December 2017 after the state stopped the prosecution.
Photo: Aisha Huang (second from right) faced three counts in 2017, but has since been released.
Public discontent over the lack of prosecution followed, but dissipated until Prime Minister resurrected the controversy in April 2019 during an interaction between the government and Ghanaians in the United States.
In response to a question about the impossibility of suing the infamous Chinese "queen of galamsey", Yaw Osafo Maafo downplayed the importance of seeking justice and drew attention to the benefits of Ghana-China relations, as shown by a $ 2 billion infrastructure deal.
His viral comment was strongly condemned by political figures, civil society groups and Ghanaians, as indicated by social media. Done on April 14, 2019, the comment remained current two weeks in a row.
The NDC did not fail to put a knife in, considering the minister's comment as a government attitude towards the Chinese government, and not just as a personal opinion.
Photo: Osafo Maafo said that suing Aisha Huang "will not solve your economic problems".
"One can reasonably infer from the Prime Minister's comments that the Akufo-Addo government is at the center of Ghana's bilateral relations with China of an obscene willingness to tolerate mere criminality and flagrant disregard for the laws of our country in exchange of money, a NDC "dismayed" lambasted.
Taking the issue a step further, Foreign Affairs Critic Okudzeto Ablakwa, of the minority, announced on Newsfile, that "the future government of the NDC will trigger extradition proceedings to allow Aisha Huang to return, to face our laws and to be sued. "
He said he had permission from the party and his 2020 flag bearer, John Mahama.
Veteran journalist Kweku Baako said he had found this promise as an attempt by the NDC to make his party a partisan capital following a disappointing turn of events.
He explained that Aisha Huang, who was also charged with murder, was not the only Chinese national to have been deported.
Between 2013 and June, 4,592 Chinese engaged in illegal mining activities were deported according to what he described as authorized immigration practice.
Like Aisha Huang, some of these Chinese also committed murder during their mortal battle for Ghana's natural resources, which saw them destroying bodies of water and seriously polluting the environment.
Kweku Baako said the Chinese government would like to know why the CND chooses Aisha Huang to be extradited.
"Who? The Chinese will cooperate with you?" They will never give you Aisha, "he said emphatically.
"It's worth it to try" Okudzeto Ablakwa remained provocative.
Aisha Huang was found untouchable by the NDC government, but was first brought to court following a change of government in 2017 after an operation led to her arrest. .
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