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  • Galamsey scandal: Another accused speaks up

    Galamsey scandal: Another accused speaks up

    Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe, a presidential staffer has reacted to claims leveled against him in the IMCIM report authored by Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng.

    He has denied complicity in illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) after he was mentioned as part of Jubilee House staff engaged in galamsey.

    Teiko and others were mentioned in the 2021 report by the former minister for Science, Technology and Innovation Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, which report was recently leaked to the media.

    A number of people mentioned in the report have rejected the contents of the report in whole or partially with others demanding a retraction of the allegations against them.

    In his case, Teiko Tagoe issued an April 21, 2023 statement in which he denied having anything to do with galamsey.

    He, however, disclosed the one occasion on which he contacted the minister who was then the chairman of government’s anti-galamsey committee, the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM).

    “Let me state categorically that I have no involvement in galamsey,” his statement read.

    It continued: “In 2019, I spoke to Prof. Frimpong-Boateng regarding an excavator being transported on a low-bed vehicle on a highway. He requested details, and I provided the information. However, I did not follow up on the request, and I have no knowledge of what happened with the excavator.

    “It is unfortunate that Prof. Frimpong-Boateng would make comments about me in his report. I want to make it clear that I have nothing to do with illegal mining,” the statement added.

    His full statement is below:

    My fellow Ghanaians,
    I wish to address recent media reports attempting to link me to illegal small-scale mining activities, popularly known as galamsey. These reports are based on a statement made by Prof. Frimpong-Boateng, the former Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining.

    Let me state categorically that I have no involvement in galamsey. In 2019, I spoke to Prof. Frimpong-Boateng regarding an excavator being transported on a low-bed vehicle on a highway. He requested details, and I provided the information. However, I did not follow up on the request, and I have no knowledge of what happened with the excavator.

    It is unfortunate that Prof. Frimpong-Boateng would make comments about me in his report. I want to make it clear that I have nothing to do with illegal mining. I urge the media and the public to disregard the portions of the report that pertain to me and treat it with the contempt it deserves.

    I believe in the rule of law, and I am committed to supporting efforts to clamp down on illegal mining activities in the country. I remain committed to the development of Ghana and the well-being of its citizens.

    Thank you.

    SIGNED:

    Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe

  • Presidential staffer criticizes Kweku Baako over Anas’ court loss

    Presidential staffer criticizes Kweku Baako over Anas’ court loss

    Presidential staffer, Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe has asserted that his criticism of investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ methods in a Facebook post from last year has been vindicated.

    The presidential staffer’s post was denounced the presidential staffer’s article

    In the wake of a March 15 High Court ruling that questioned Anas’ methods dismissing a defamation suit he had brought against a Member of Parliament, Tagoe reshared a critical post he made of Anas’ work to respond to Mr. Baako’s clapback at the time.

    “Careers have been destroyed all in the name of “investigative journalism”. When I spoke about the modus operandi, they told me I was part of the problem and definitely not the solution. Like I said the other day, we are all in the hands of the Lord,” he posted with a photo of his post ast year.

    The said post was made after Anas’ Galamsey Fraud investigation that cost Charles Adu Boahen, a Minister of State at the finance ministry his job.

    Teiko Tagoe’s 2022 post read in part: “Recording people and editing the recording with your own voice over to suit your story is nothing but share wickedness and evil. He did it to Kwasi Nyantakyi and the country looked on. All I can say is that, we are all in the hands of the Lord.”

    Kweku Baako responded in the comments section: “You’re part of the PROBLEM. And not the SOLUTION! Respectfully!”

    Anas vs. Ken Agyapong defamation case

    An Accra High Court on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, struck out a defamation suit brought by investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas against Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong.

    The plaintiff, filed the case in 2018, seeking among other reliefs monetary damages to the tune of GH¢25 million.

    However, the court presided by Justice Eric Baah despite finding various claims made by the defendant against the plaintiff as potentially defamatory, ruled that the comments were factual and fair.

    The court subsequently dismissed the suit and awarded the defendant a sum of 50,000 Ghana cedis to cover his legal costs.

    The MP has subsequently referred to the ruling as a victory for straight talk over investigative terrorism.

    The journalist also expressed grave misgivings about the ruling describing it in part as a travesty of justice. He, has also confirmed that his legal team will file an appeal, stressing that his fight against corruption will continue unabated.

  • ‘Sheer wickedness and evil’ – Presidential Staffer chases Anas over ‘Galamsey Economy’

    Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe, Executive Assistant & Head of Social Media, Office of the President, has chastised investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas over his latest investigative work dubbed ‘Galamsey Economy‘.

    He described the investigative work of the journalist as ‘sheer wickedness and evil’.

    The Presidential Staffer noted that Anas Aremeyaw Anas is known for recording people and editing them to suit his narrative, something that the former Ghana Football Association President, Kwesi Nyantakyi suffered in the Number 12 documentary by Tiger Eye PI, Anas’ investigative firm.

    He extended his criticism to Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, Anas’ boss when he was commenting on the investigative work which triggered the dismissal of Charles Adu Boahen, Minister of State in charge of Finance.

    “I’m soo soo disappointed in my senior brother and mentor Abdul Malik Kweku Baako. Anas Aremeyaw Anas was my classmate at Secondary School and still a very good friend of mine.

    “Recording people and editing the recording with your own voice-over to suit your story is nothing but share (sic) wickedness and evil. He did it to Kwasi Nyantakyi and the country looked on. All I can say is that, we are all in the hands of the Lord,” Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe wrote on his Facebook timeline.

    Charles Adu Boahen, the dismissed Minister of State in charge of Finance had earlier alleged that the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will require $200,000 as an appearance fee to meet prospective investors.

    This was revealed in Anas’ ‘Galamsey Economy’ investigation.

    The investigative journalist noted that Adu Boahen, in the undercover piece told his Tiger Eye PI team members posing as investors that Dr. Bawumia would also require some positions from the investor for his siblings, in orfer to get his backing and influence in establishing a business in Ghana.

    But Dr. Bawumia in a statement on Monday, November 14, denied the accusations and called for an investigation into the allegations.

    Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe’s post has since been deleted.

  • Attempt by presidential staffer to mock Mahama backfires as social media users remind him of Akufo-Addo’s plagiarism

    A staff member at the president’s office attempted to use Facebook to accuse former president John Dramani Mahama of plagiarizing.

    When John Mahama gave a speech on the current economic difficulties facing Ghana under the Akufo-Addo administration on Thursday, October 27, 2022, Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe accused him of plagiarizing. He made the accusation on his Facebook page.

    Charles Tagoe claimed on his Facebook page that former president Mahama had copied a line from American playwright and screenwriter Aaron Benjamin Sorkin.

    His attempt however was met with a barrage of comments reminding him of President Akufo-Addo’s history when it comes to the issue of plagiarism.

    “You should be the last person to talk about plagiarism. Nana Addo shameless [SIC] plagiarized a full speech on his first day in office,” Lingani Goodman commented under the presidential staffer’s post.

    Other commenters sought to accuse the presidential staffer of engaging in a fallacy of diversion.

    “You have been offered free and pragmatic solutions to help you guys bring us from this mess you have caused, unfortunately, that is not where your interest is, but rather the usual jokes. I’m not surprised though,” Tony Goodman also wrote under the post.

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has on various occasions been accused of appropriating speeches.

    The first of such accusations was levelled against President Akufo-Addo when he delivered his inaugural address on January 7, 2017.

    Former President Mahama on Thursday delivered his address at the UPSA Auditorium on the topic “Building The Ghana We Want.”

    Mr Mahama in his address spoke about the current economic hardship in the country and made various proposals that he believes the government need to adopt to turn the situation around.

  • Alleged US$10k trip to US: Presidential staffer insults Facebook user

    Presidential staffer Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe has responded harshly to a Facebook user who accosted him over his alleged deportation from the United States of America in mid-September.

    Tagoe had on October 4, 2022, made a routine post about the government’s intervention in the health sector when the user by the name of Mo Barhama jumped into the comment section with his ‘attack.’

    “The $10000 you wasted on a plane ticket only to get deported could have been put to good use in this regard,” he responded to Tagoe’s post which was an artwork with a child and a caption that read: “The government through the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has developed a strategic framework to end child marriage in Ghana,”

    A clearly unenthused staffer responded: “Mo Barhama I just went through your pictures and I won’t say anything again. Kwasiaaaaa saaa no. Internet has worried us paaaaa.”

    An unrepentant Mo Barhama will not back down, going ahead to share the purported boarding pass of Tagoe’s trip and a cedi conversion of US$10,000 while responding to other commenters who were defending the presidential staffer.

    One such defender by the name of IK Bonney was then asked by the presidential staffer to stop minding Barhama.

    “IK Bonney You have time to waste on this idiot? You paaaa. Hunger will continue to kill idiots like that. Don’t waste time and energy,” Tagoe replied.

    Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe was reported by The Herald Newspaper to have been deported from the United States in mid-September, hours after he arrived in the country.

    He has not denied making the trip but has flatly denied having been deported and threatened to sue the paper and its publisher Larry Dogbe.

    Dogbe has since published supposed flight details and dared Tagoe to follow through with his promise to sue.

  • ‘Deportation from US’ publication: Presidential staffer threatens legal action

    A presidential staffer, Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe, has threatened legal action against Editor of The Herald Newspaper, Larry Dogbey, over a story he inists is defamatory.

    In the said story, Larry Dogbey alleged that Teiko Tagoe had been arrested in the United States and deported to Ghana despite using a diplomatic passport.

    The Herald story read in part: “Mr Tagoe, had posted a picture of himself on Facebook on September 14, 2022, with his leg on a chair moments before boarding the plane at Kotoka International Airport’s Terminal 3.

    “His 5:33 am post and picture was with the caption “If you know, you know. Good morning #Minister4Happiness, Nana Yaw Kesse. Gone in 60 seconds…”

    “But shortly upon arriving in the US, he was picked up and shoved into another aircraft and sent back to Ghana like a common criminal, despite his diplomatic passport. It is not clear, if he was handcuffed or chained to his seat.”

    It added that their sources said Tagoe was directed to deal with the US embassy for clearance before he attempts reentry into the US.

    In his first response to The Herald, the head of new media at the presidency stated that he did not use a diplomatic passport and hadn’t been deported as the report stated.

    “My attention has been drawn to a Herald Publication alleging my deportation from the United States despite using a diplomatic passport.

    “I wish to state that I do not use a diplomatic passport and there is absolutely no truth in the story. I have referred the Herald Newspaper and its Editor Larry Dogbey to my Solicitors for the necessary legal action,” he posted on Facebbok.

    The journalist in responding to the threat, added supposed travel details suggesting that the presidential staffer spent less than a day in the United States before returning to Ghana via a direct flight.

    “Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe ..I didn’t know it was this easy to get you talking. You left Ghana on Tuesday 13th September 2022 onboard KLM through Schipol Amsterdam to New York.

    “You returned the next day Wednesday 14th September 2022 by a direct flight from New York to Accra onboard Delta Airlines. You wanted to come back onboard same KLM through Schipol on Wednesday, 21 September 2022.

    “Who buys a ticket for nearly UD$10,000 to see New York City through the windows of an airport? Waiting for your lawyers. Regards to your wife….” Larry Dogbey replied via Facebook.

    The presidential staffer offered another clarification on his Facebook wall: “So I arrived at John F Kennedy International Airport on Delta Airlines flight DL 047 from Amsterdam and I was arrested and deported at Dallas, Texas International Airport, onboard a United Airlines according to Larry Dogbey and The Herald Newspaper? We shall meet very soon wai.”

    Source: Ghanaweb.com

     

  • ‘Deportation from US’ publication: Presidential staffer threatens legal action

    Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe has threatened legal action against Editor of The Herald Newspaper, Larry Dogbey, over a story he inists is defamatory.

    In the said story, Larry Dogbey alleged that Teiko Tagoe had been arrested in the United States and deported to Ghana despite using a diplomatic passport.

    The Herald story read in part: “Mr Tagoe, had posted a picture of himself on Facebook on September 14, 2022, with his leg on a chair moments before boarding the plane at Kotoka International Airport’s Terminal 3.

    “His 5:33 am post and picture was with the caption “If you know, you know. Good morning #Minister4Happiness, Nana Yaw Kesse. Gone in 60 seconds…”

    “But shortly upon arriving in the US, he was picked up and shoved into another aircraft and sent back to Ghana like a common criminal, despite his diplomatic passport. It is not clear, if he was handcuffed or chained to his seat.”

    It added that their sources said Tagoe was directed to deal with the US embassy for clearance before he attempts reentry into the US.

    In his first response to The Herald, the head of new media at the presidency stated that he did not use a diplomatic passport and hadn’t been deported as the report stated.

    “My attention has been drawn to a Herald Publication alleging my deportation from the United States despite using a diplomatic passport.

    “I wish to state that I do not use a diplomatic passport and there is absolutely no truth in the story. I have referred the Herald Newspaper and its Editor Larry Dogbey to my Solicitors for the necessary legal action,” he posted on Facebbok.

    The journalist in responding to the threat, added supposed travel details suggesting that the presidential staffer spent less than a day in the United States before returning to Ghana via a direct flight.

    “Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe ..I didn’t know it was this easy to get you talking. You left Ghana on Tuesday 13th September 2022 onboard KLM through Schipol Amsterdam to New York.

    “You returned the next day Wednesday 14th September 2022 by a direct flight from New York to Accra onboard Delta Airlines. You wanted to come back onboard same KLM through Schipol on Wednesday, 21 September 2022.

    “Who buys a ticket for nearly UD$10,000 to see New York City through the windows of an airport? Waiting for your lawyers. Regards to your wife….” Larry Dogbey replied via Facebook.

    The presidential staffer offered another clarification on his Facebook wall: “So I arrived at John F Kennedy International Airport on Delta Airlines flight DL 047 from Amsterdam and I was arrested and deported at Dallas, Texas International Airport, onboard a United Airlines according to Larry Dogbey and The Herald Newspaper? We shall meet very soon wai.”