Member of Parliament Elect and member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) legal team, Lawyer Francis Xavier Sosu has refuted claims that the NDC is behind the recent fire outbreaks at some markets across the country.
This statement follows the razing of numerous shops at the Katamanto second hand clothing lane at the Kantamanto Market in Accra Wednesday dawn.
Prior to the Kantamato market fire, over eight shops near the Metro Mass Bus terminal at the Koforidua Central Business District were also razed by fire Tuesday.
Although the cause of the Koforidua market fire is still not known, some shop owners have attributed it to an electrical fault. Goods worth millions of Ghana cedis were destroyed, leaving shop owners to their fate.
Part of the Kaneshie market was also razed by fire Sunday 20th December 2020 dawn.
Some experts have, however, argued that some persons are deliberately burning the markets for their selfish gains.
Lawyer Francis Xavier Sosu, who was speaking in an interview with host of Atinka FM’s AM Drive Ekourba Gyasi, said the New Patriotic Party (NDC) is only peddling lies.
“In the first place, this is not the first time a market is burning. This is preposterous. The statement is a deliberate attempt by the NPP to divert attention from the real issue on the ground”, he added.
Meanwhile the Mayor of Accra, Mohammed Adjei Sowa, says he does not agree with persons attributing the fire outbreak to arsons and that the recent fire outbreaks are mere disasters.
“As for disasters, they are mere accidents one cannot predict. What you can do is to put things in place to to minimize the fires. In our view, the outbreaks are accidents until proven otherwise by the investigative team, then we can take it up from there”, he said.
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