Mustapha Gbande, the Deputy Director of Operations at the Presidency, has said he has told the EOCO boss, Raymond Archer, to bring out their investigation report on the NDC’s National Organiser, Joseph Yamin.
It will be recalled that the Attorney General, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, in July this year, directed the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to launch a full-scale investigation into alleged illegal mining activities involving Joseph Yamin, the NDC’s National Organiser and Yakubu Abanga, the party’s National Vice Chairman.
According to Mustapha Gbande, he is ready to go to jail with Joseph Yamin if anyone can produce any evidence of wrongdoing by the NDC’s National Organiser.
Speaking on Onua TV, Mustapha Gbande stated, “Only a few people in our government can do an investigation better than I do. I just appear stupid, but I am not stupid. I am saying that anybody who comes with any evidence that Yamin has done something wrong, they should jail the two of us.
It is not out of place when you do a wrong thing, you should apologise to the person you have offended. We have demonstrated and exhibited ingratitude to the National Organiser of the party, and it is wrong”.
“I have told Raymond Archer he should bring the report he has on Yamin; they should not cover anything. If Yamin did something wrong, we should prosecute him; he is my brother.”
He further added, “I have used resources doing an investigation on my brother; there is nothing. Anybody who says he is holding a report on Yamin should put it out”.
Yamin kept telling me in the bushes during the campaign period that we would be betrayed after all our hard work. They don’t even see what we are doing”.
Today in the NDC, people lie for convenience and sometimes once that listen to the lies are the ones I question”, he added.
In related news, Mustapha Gbande has expressed disappointment in his party and government over how the NDC’s National Organiser Joseph Yamin has been treated.
According to Mustapha Gbande, Yamin is ready to face any security agency, including the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), over the allegation levelled against him.
He, however, argued that the prudent thing to have been done over the allegation was for Yamin to be questioned by leaders of the NDC first.
Mustapha Gbande further claimed that some individuals are behind Joseph Yamin’s ordeal.
Speaking in a recent interview on UTV, Mustapha Gbande, “He (Yamin) 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.
“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 fumed.
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@onuaonline “Tell Raymond Archer to bring the report he has” — Deputy Director of Operations at the Presidency, Mustapha Gbande dares EOCO to release any evidence of wrongdoing involving Joseph Yamin.
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