The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has denied owning the fuel reservoir that suffocated three technicians during maintenance works on Monday.

The three technicians; Michael Ashie, Jonathan Kokroko, and Paul Ocloo were part of a five-technical team that was hired to maintain the reservoir on the premises of the COCOBOD’s Koforidua office.

It was reported that the Eastern Regional National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) received a call on Monday at about 11 o’clock of the incident.

But COCOBOD in a statement denied that the said reservoir belonged to the company.

“The said fuel dump tank is owned, used and managed by Produce Buying Company (PBC), a limited liability company which is neither a division nor subsidiary of COCOBOD. The exercise that the technicians were engaged to undertake has absolutely nothing to do with COCOBOD.”

COCOBOD further urged the media to be circumspect as the security services are investigating the incident.

“Our preliminary investigations have further revealed that the relevant security and regulatory agencies are fully involved in the matter to ascertain the cause of the unfortunate incident and put in place measures to forestall future occurrences.”

“We wish to assure our media friends that our doors are always open for discussions on issues of this nature and all inquiries concerning the operation of Ghana’s cocoa sector.”

Below is the full statement

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