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Troops chasing out illegal miners Following reports that some military men from the Headquarters of the Central Command of the Ghana Army are protecting illegal mining operation of some Chinese nationals, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Thomas Oppong-Peprah, according to information available to The Chronicle, has held an emergency durbar with personnel. The durbar was to address media reports that suggested that some soldiers deployed to Tontokrom in the Amansie South District in the Ashanti region were protecting illegal miners. A subsequent anonymous whatsApp message purpor...

Soldiers not providing protection for illegal mining – Ghana Army LISTEN 2 The General Officer Commanding (GOC), Central Command of the Ghana Army – Brigadier General JA Aphour has debunked allegation that his command was providing protection to illegal miners. He said media reports on the Military's involvement in the illegal act were a misrepresentation of facts. Narrating why the military appeared at the mining site, Gen Aphour said the Amansie South District, richly endowed with mineral resources has seen a lot of mining activities by registered and illegal miners. “Crime was t...