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A member of the Communication team of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dennis Miracles Aboagye says no person or entity should be spared if found guilty of the explosion that claimed several lives at Apiate in the Bogoso district in the Western Region.

According to reports, fourteen (14) people were killed and 179 others injured in the explosion which occurred on Thursday, January 20, 2022.

Investigations by the Police indicated that a mining explosive vehicle moving from Tarkwa to the Chirano Gold Mines collided with a motorcycle resulting in the explosion at Apiate, a farming community between Bogoso and Bawdie in the Prestea Huni-Valley municipality.

Addressing the issue during Peace FM's ''Kokrokoo'', Dennis Miracles, who is a former Municipal Chief Executive for Akuapem North, called for punishment to be meted out to the company of the explosives should it be revealed that they didn't comply with the safety measures of moving such things across the community.

He stated that no one should be go scot free should it turn out that the explosion was due to a negligence.

''We need to have severe punishment for these people because the we cannot bring back the lives we've lost and even if you lose one life (one citizen's life), it will be difficult to get a replacement for that citizen's life, let alone we're counting almost 13 or so thereabout people who have lost their lives. Is it because of the case of someone's negligence? Then these people need to be severely punished.''