The anti-galamsey military task force (Operation Halt) returned to the mining site of National Women’s Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party Kate Gyamfua to burn other mining equipment.
The task force, according to an eyewitness, returned to the site on Monday, May 17, 2021 to burn a faulty excavator and a large water pumping machine which escaped their notice on Sunday when they set fire into 8 excavators, a bulldozer and dozens of water pumping machines on same site.3
The task force also burnt other excavators which were not properly burnt during their first attack on the mining site.
Nana Asante Boadi Yeboah, a worker at the mining site narrated to Starr News that, “because of what they did last three days we were at home when we had calls that they’ve come again, they came and had our two machines re-burnt. So far they’ve burnt about 9 to 10 machines on our site ”
Nana Asante Boadi said about 150 water pumping machines have been burnt at the site .
“We had about 150 pumping machines, they have burnt all ..the biggest pumping machine that we use to rotate the water has also been burnt”.
SOURCE: Gossips24.com