BREAKING

Mining pit collapsed and killed three at eastern Region.

Published

3 years ago

09/09/2021

Lionel

Three illegal miners have been confirmed dead after a mining pit collapsed on them at Akyem Apenamang near Akwatia in Denkyembuor District in the Eastern region.

The deceased have been identified as Akosua Asantewaa, 41, Yaw Ntiamoah,35, and Yaw Bismark,25.

The incident occurred Wednesday, September 8, at about 11:50 am

The deceased persons were reportedly engaged in illegal mining when the pit caved in on them.

Assembly member for Akyem Apinamang John Boakye said he received information at about 12:00pm that a gold mining pit has collapsed on some miners around the old Apinamang cemetery which reported the incident to Police at about 2:00 pm.

He said, together with the police, they rushed to the scene and found three bodies covered with leaves.

The bodies were conveyed and deposited at the St.Dominic Hospital Morgue at Akwatia.

The Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh told Starr News Akwatia police has commenced investigation into the incident.

Illegal mining has resurfaced in many parts of the Eastern Region causing destruction to the river bodies and the environment at large.

The Eastern Regional Minister Seth Kwame Acheampong recently engaged in stakeholder meetings in the mining districts in the region and issued a stern warning to all mining companies in the Region to operate strictly within the remit of the mining regulations to enhance responsible and sustainable mining.

According to the Regional Minister, the era where mining companies engaged in infractions but escaped unpunished is a thing of the past.

He said President Akufo Addo-led government is committed to securing a sustainable environment for the future generation, therefore, will ensure that forest reserves, water bodies, and all other natural ecosystems are secured and protected from pollution and degradation.

He hinted at plans to aggressively tackle the illegal mining menace.

BREAKING

A 21-Year-Old Soldier Man Dies At Ashiaman.

Published

2 years ago

03/07/2023

Lionel

A soldier belonging to the 3rd Battalion Infantry in Sunyani has been murdered in Tafia, a suburb of Ashaiman, in the Greater Accra region, on Friday, 3rd March 2023.

Imoro Sheriff, a 21-year-old boy was allegedly killed by a gang after he visited his girlfriend in the area.

Imoro, whose position could not be immediately verified, was attacked with knives and other weapons, immediately after leaving the girlfriend’s home.

It was said that Imoro usually visits his girlfriend anytime he goes to Ashaiman where he was born and raised.

When the Ghanaian Times visited the family home of Imoro, at Zongolika, a suburb of Ashaiman, on Monday, mourners were in a state of shock. The father of the deceased, Asanubu Imoro, confirmed the death of his son, saying he heard it via social media.

Asanubu Imoro said the son, who was based in Sunyani, Bono Region, informed him that he was attending a military programme in Accra and will visit family members on Friday.

“We were expecting him. When we called his number late into the night, there was no response. Somebody showed me a video and asked, do you know this man, that was when I identified my son.”

According to Asanubu Imoro, the military and other security agencies have been in close contact with the family as the investigation into the killing was ongoing.

When the Ghanaian Times contacted the Ashaiman Divisional Police Command concerning the incident, the authorities declined to speak on the matter, but indicated that 13 suspects had been arrested so far.
Source: Ghanaian Times.

BREAKING

Mother Hangs Her Son and Herself at Ahanta West.

Published

2 years ago

01/18/2023

Lionel

A young mother has committed suicide at Ajoa, a community in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region. Before committing suicide, she hanged her son.

It is currently unknown what caused her to take her life and that of her son but eyewitnesses who interacted with the host of Connect FM’s Omanbapa morning show, Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, narrated that they met the lifeless, bodies of the young mother and her son in the early morning of Wednesday, January 2023.

“We came to work in the building as laborers and saw the lifeless body of the lady and her son when we got there,” an eyewitness by name of Nana Yaw said.

“She could be in her early twenties whilst her son would be around four years. We don’t know where they come from and we don’t know any of their family members. They are still there on the ropes,” Nana Yaw added.

From the images available, the young parent is seen hanged whilst her son’s hand is tied with a rope in a sad situation.

“Information I have gathered is that residents around the community saw the young lady begging for money with her son yesterday around 4:00 pm. Nobody saw them again until this morning when we saw them dead in the uncompleted building. We do not know her in this community so we believe she came from somewhere else,” Assembly member for Ajoa, Robert James Yankey, indicated.