Outspoken New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for the Assin Central constituency in the Central region, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong is calling on the President to reinstate the suspended District Chief Executive for Denkyira Obuasi Daniel Appiannin.
“I am appealing to the President to reinstate the DCE for Denkyira-Obuasi because whatever he said was true” he said.
Denkyira Obuasi made the headlines for the wrong reason some three months ago following the lynching murder of Major Maxwell Mahama by residents on suspicion he was an armed robber at a time the deceased had been posted to the area as detachment commander to fight illegal mining (galamsey).
In an interview following the incident, the DCE, Mr Appiannin said he was unaware that the officer was part of a detachment to the area assisting in the fight against galamsey.
As far as he was concerned, the residents resorted to lynching because they assumed he was protecting some Chinese nationals who were engaged in galamsey.
Mr. Daniel Appianinn was asked to step aside following some comments he passed on the presence of the army in the area leading to the death of late Maj. Maxwell Mahama.
He had indicated that the soldiers were there to protect some illegal miners in the area and not there on any duty in the supreme interest of the state.
Social media descended heavily on the DCE’s condemning the comments which many believed was insensitive and ignorant.
But Mr Agyapong speaking in an interview on Adom TV’s Morning Show “Badwam” Tuesday pleaded with the President to allow the DCE to go back to work since he is the only person who can champion development in the area.
He explained that the reinstatement of Daniel Appianing will help restore calm in the troubled town of Denkyira Obuasi and the entire district.
“I am pleading with the President to forgive the Denkyira DCE and bring him back to work. Yes, his timing was wrong but I think what he said was the truth but I decided not to talk because we were all mourning the Captain and so he should re-instate him now” he noted.
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