Aggrieved Residents of Ntobroso community angrily held a news conference demanding compensation from the new Patriotic Party (NPP) government for their houses and excavators which were burnt by military men.
On 23rd of February 2022, residents of Ntobroso a mining community in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region had a sorrowful and terrible day, when military men stormed the community and set excavators and houses on fire without any rational explanation.
In a news conference, the angry residents are demanding for compensation else they will not vote in the upcoming 2024 elections.
“We are very angry and we never thought NPP government could do this to us and we need justice. Again, the military men stole the 17 control boards in the all excavators so they must to return them now else something bad will happen,” they said.
According to the Queen mother, Nana Akua Abrafi II, who was very worried confirmed this in an interview with the new Crusading Guide Newspaper Ashanti regional correspondent, Nana Ama Takyiaw that, when the incident happened she and her elders tried to stop them. But, the soldier men pay no head to their plea. These excavators were parked in front of the house long ago.
Nana Akua furthered disclosed that, the Military-led taskforce intentionally set ablaze of excavators which belong to one Amos Gyamfi who is the owner of the burnt house.
Three (3) excavators, three houses and a corm mill room got burnt after the military men went to the set these excavators and a house belonging to Mr. Amos Gyamfi for allegedly engaging in illegal mining activity.
Mr. Amos who is the owner of burnt house discloses that, he and his family have no place to sleep now.
The government must quickly intervene in these incidents.
