An accident has reportedly occurred at Obuasi, leaving one person dead and three others in critical condition, investigative journalist and anti-galamsey campaigner Erastus Asare Donkor confirmed.
“My condolences to NAIMOS!! Accident at Obuasi!! One dead, three in critical condition!! Sad day,” he shared on social media.
In a related development, security forces have remanded more than 300 people for two weeks following a joint military-police operation targeting alleged attackers of National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) officials, Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) staff, and journalists.
The detainees, residents from Dadwene and Anwona in the Ashanti Region, and Hwidiem, Kenyase, Goaso, and Marhani in the Ahafo Region, were arrested during simultaneous dawn raids on Wednesday, 12th November 2025. An additional operation was conducted in Ehi in the Volta Region.
Social media videos show many of the detainees, mostly men, lined up on streets and subjected to physical exercises, appearing distressed and uncertain of the charges against them.
