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    Compromised police officers have been replaced to strengthen fight against illegal mining – IGP Yohuno reveals*

    ZamZam UpdateBy ZamZam UpdateJuly 25, 2025No Comments2 Mins Read
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    The Inspector Normal of Police (IGP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno, has introduced that some law enforcement officials who had been believed to have compromised their positions within the struggle towards unlawful mining have been eliminated and changed with energetic and disciplined ones.

    In an interview on UTV’s Mpu Ne Mpu, he defined that the Ghana Police Service was taking robust steps to win the struggle towards unlawful mining, popularly generally known as “galamsey”.

    He mentioned some officers who had stayed too lengthy in galamsey-prone areas had grow to be much less efficient, and it was crucial to herald new, energetic and dedicated officers.

    “I made some modifications. A few of them who’ve stayed there for lengthy and have compromised their place due to this galamsey, the very first thing I did was to herald people who find themselves actually dedicated to work,” he talked about.

    He mentioned the police started operations with out ready for assist from any exterior physique.

    “We began work within the Western and Central Areas, significantly on the fashionable Akonta Mines, the place they had been in a position to retrieve over 100 excavators and different gadgets used for unlawful mining. Our forest reserves have been completely devastated. I stored my males there for greater than two months to sanitize the place,” the IGP bemoaned.

    He disclosed that to this point, the police had retrieved a minimum of 178 excavators throughout the nation.

    The IGP revealed that particular police groups had been despatched from Accra to areas in Ashanti Area to work on the bottom for weeks, regardless that they confronted resistance from some native residents who depend on mining for his or her livelihood.

    Regardless of the challenges, the IGP mentioned the police are decided to observe the President’s imaginative and prescient of defending Ghana’s water our bodies and forest reserves.

    He added that the police would proceed to assist the newly shaped Nationwide Unlawful Mining Oversight Construction (NIMOS), whereas additionally sustaining their very own unbiased efforts towards unlawful mining.

    “We won’t cease. We’re shifting from area to area and ensuring we struggle crime and galamsey on the similar time,” the IGP reiterated.

    By Jacob Aggrey



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