THE EVENTS UNFOLDING FROM THE RECENT FALL OF SIX-STOREY MELCOM MALL

A SCENE @ MELCOM COLLAPSE IN ACCRA, GHANA.

The events unfolding from the recent ‘fall’ of the six-storey Melcom Mall at Achimota in Accra has led to deductions which can only be accounted for by a conspiracy by either a figure,group or government.My deepest sympathy to the victims of the incident and I pray for a better place for those who have lost their lives through this incident.
I cant blame it on any government/group yet; investigation is too young but its worth the notice. However,I am confident and certain that it is not an accident but a calculated attempt to arrive at whatever the perpetrators desire.These are my stance;
The timing of the incident cannot be overlooked.Ghana could be lucky and this luck is too real to be true- to have witnessed this incident at a time that the casualties were reduced and contained to the barest minimum.Certainly,the perpetrators needed to raise an alarm by involving lives in the incident.Doing this in the morning when only workers were around is the best way to minimize and contain the casualties.Assume such an accident had happened in the afternoon whiles people were shopping and the mall was very busy,how was the country going to recover from such a shock.To the Melcom administrators who did not show up at work that morning,the least assumed about them,the better.
This leads to the help from the Israeli Rescue Team and how sudden they abandoned the country although Dpt Min. of Health has denied allegation that they abandoned the country.I wouldn't be surprised if the team had another purpose on the grounds.The response was very quick and the departure was very quick as well.It looks more like they had another purpose which was achieved earlier,thence the need to come and go early.The Israeli rescue team may have used a sniffer dog to help locate those buried under the rubble but I still wish to look into their early departure Soo much for Ghana-Israel relationship.
The next thing I will touch on is how fast and intense the ‘fall’ was and how long the building had been around.Accra Mayor, Alfred Vanderpuije may have secured an order of interlocutory injunction to be placed on four other properties owned by the Melcom Achimota landlord, Nana Boadu [also chief of Ashanti Nzema in the Ashanti Region], however, the complete wiping away of a six-storey with no immediate cause looks weird from the grounds that the building is reportedly ten months old.
The Mayor’s certainty that the landlord had no permit leaves room for doubt.In as much as the landlord has declared his readiness to see to the investigations and provide necessary documents to support the process,the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) seem to be blaming the man for the incident although not enough investigations has been done.
Is it that the government/A.M.A is looking for someone to blame for the incident or the landlord is not being honest ?
Is it that the building was calculatedly brought down or it was an accident?
Is it that the Israeli team left the country because Ghanaians had the right logistics to continue or they did find what they came looking for?This looks like a plan to get something out of a tragedy-probably someones silver-linen on this cloud.
I’d prefer calling it an incident to calling it an accident. To the lives that were lost,May your Souls Rest in Peace.

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Source : Nsiah Asante/OMG!Ghana