Kweku Baako Jr., managing editor of the New Crusading Guide, has tasked the security and intelligence services with finding people who purchase cocoa estates in order to mine the beans.
Recently, a video of a cocoa farmer claiming to be selling his cocoa farm to an unnamed bidder leaked online.
The cocoa farmer remarked that he owned the farm and the land on which the crop was grown, thus he was determined to sell it for mining in exchange for financial support.
Addressing the issue on Peace FM’s “Kokrokoo” programme Wednesday morning, Kweku Baako called on the security services to pounce on the buyer as well as every person who attempts to buy any farm, particularly cocoa farms, for galamsey.
He admonished the security operatives to collaborate with the sellers to find those who buy their farms.
“If they won’t cooperate, the [intelligence] security services should have enough intelligence capability to find out. I don’t think it’s a big deal. If the seller will not cooperate and will not identify the buyer, it is not beyond the capacity of the State in terms of its intelligence gathering and security apparatus to trace who is doing the business there,” he stated.