The Stop Galamsey protester, Kamen Abubakar Sadiq has accused politicians of hypocrisy and abandonment in the fight against galamsey and water pollution.
Speaking during the protest, Sadiq warned that no one, including Members of Parliament, is safe from the health consequences of polluted water.
“This story building acquired so many things. And you guys are the first people that are supposed to come and protest for water.
“Maybe some of them are members of parliament.
“If some of them are members of parliament, they should watch out for kidney failure. They should watch out for sickness that is going to strike them,” he said.
Sadiq accused some of his former comrades of hypocrisy.
“I’m telling you, because this is being too hypocritical. They are being too hypocritical. And it shouldn’t be so.
“Don’t think your party has come to power and you are okay. Enjoy it, every day enjoy it. Don’t think your party has come to power and you are okay,” he charged.
The activist singled out actor-turned-politician John Dumelo, a Member of Parliament who joined protesters in previous demonstrations but has been absent this time.
“John Dumelo, yes, he was part of us last year. At 37 Military Hospital there, at the roundabout.
“Where is he today? Luckily, you come to serve the nation for the first time as an MP, and you are even given a ministerial position again. Where are you? You are a farmer.
“All these animals you breed, they survive by water. Not by food you give them, it’s by water. John Dumelo, where are you today? John Dumelo, I’m talking to you.
“Anyone closer to John Dumelo should tag him. I’m called comrade Abubakar Sadiq. Anybody closer to John Dumelo should tag him that his name has been mentioned,” he declared.
Sadiq accused Dumelo of turning his back on the cause. “You were with us. You were with us on the ground.
“That was last year’s demonstration. Where are you today? You are a sellout. I mean, your ancestors are totally disappointed. Not me,” he said, drawing parallels with Ghana’s founding father.
“Is this Kwame… I mean, is this Kwame Nkrumah’s Ghana? No, this is not the land Kwame Nkrumah left for Ghanaians. That you guys are enjoying today. You are riding in V8s.”
