Four person's nearly lost their lives from a gun attack at Banaso, a small mining community near Enchi in the Aowin Municipality of the Western North region.
The incident which occured on Tuesday, August 1 is currently under police investigation to unravel how and what brought about the shooting that led to the injuring of these four persons.
According to UTV News source, an official of Innovation for Poverty Action (IPA) an NGO who went to Banaso community to conduct a survey on performance of school children in these mining areas was attacked by Chinese galamseyers with their Ghanaian counterparts.
According to the source, the official from the NGO after visiting the school, realized that a lot of school children were absent from class and for that matter decided to visit them in their respective homes to ascertain what led to their absenteesim.
The official of the NGO according to UTV News Western North Regional Correspondent, Kwabena Dickson hired a tricycle porpularly known as 'Pragya' to visit these school children.
On their way to the community, they got to a small bridge linking the community and where they attend school but unfortunately, the wood on the bridge was taken away by some unknown persons making it difficult to cross.
While waiting to find a solution to cross the bridge, there was a misunderstanding between some members of the community who are miners and the Chinese miners with their Ghanaian counterpart over that mining site.
The source disclosed that at that moment, the Chinese illegal miners had finished mining and preparing to transport what they call 'Black' to town but upon realizing the wood on the bridge had been taken off and some of the community folks had invaded the area, they taught some persons were planning to rob them of their 'Black Gold'.
The source disclosed that an order was given by a Chinese miner to shoot, so the leader of the security guide who's only name was given as Soldier pointed the gun at where the 'Pragya' was parked and started shooting indiscriminately.
The community folks who were there run away for their lives whiles those who can swim dived in the river.
Two female pupils, the 'pragya' driver and an official of the NGO were hit by a bullet the galamsey security guard shot.
They four person's were rushed to a nearby health centre for First aid and later transfered to Enchi Government Hospital but later refered to Asankragua Hospital.
Information available to UTV News indicates, they have been referred to Kumasi to remove the pellets.
An eyewitness believes the NGO official was hit in the head.
The police are currently looking for Soldier, the Security guard who shot the gun.
Meanwhile, some person who spoke to Kwabena Dickson on condition of anonymity explained that the guy who shot the gun is very fearsome in the Bonsaso community but have currently relocated to Apke Allah, a small mining community near the area.
Source: Kwabena Dickson, UTV Western North Regional Correspondent
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Ghanaians should wise up and let's have a true change and renewal of our minds.Guys, let's agree the NDC/NPP politics we have played with evey national issue is is not helping us Thes are fruits and we say the fruits are bitter ! Where on earth would foreigners have the guts to order the shooting of citizens of that country? They can only do that in a country where they have the protection of the government against the citizens. And we keep the blind loyalty of I am NDC blabla...l am NPP blabla. These two parties have destroyed the country. Aisha Huang killed people and was allowed to leave the country without being prosecuted on for her to return! What kind of evil and wicked politicians do we have who are destroying everything! What is this! Ghanaians must stop this their fuulish I am npp ....l am ndc that that.... Your nation is being destroyed and taken over by foreigners!
Hmnnn, a foreigner has the nerves to move into another country, buy a gun and start shooting at innocent citizens of the country he finds himself. So where is the rule of law. Before Hod and man the Chinese cannot do this in nearby Burkina Faso, they can't , like they will run till their legs fall off. Leadership failure is Ghana's bane. The kind of politics we do makes some people untouchable. How do the Chinese enter these communities unnoticed ? The Chiefs , assembly men, opinion leaders are those conniving with these 'Chinese rejects' to cause havoc in our communities, for fear of losing votes that class of people who claim to represent the people but end up representing themselves close their eyes and ears to this invasion. You can't be assuring the people of your readiness to protect the territorial integrity of your country when you have foreigners causing more havoc than the citizens. Where then is Ghana's territorial integrity? As if nobody is in control . Even planes on auto pilot still have people standing by in case of.... ... Ghana is becoming a joke of a country . Rather unfortunate
This can only happen in Ghana. If it's not these stup8d Chinese tomorrow, it's the Nigerians !! Like really "who born dogs" for this to be happening in our own country. Our leaders and the security agencies have all failed us because of some small "goro" We should be ashamed of ourselves that we making these happen in Ghana
When you have citizens killing other citizens in order to protect a s.t. u. p.i. d. foreigner. When will Ghanaians learn that nobody cares about African outside Africa? The people at that area must drive all those Chinese people from their area. No foreigner can do this in China. They will kill you instantly.
Whaaat??? Unacceptable 😔. This new trend of diabolic foreign nationals feeling so powerful in Ghana because of their "little" money that they have used to buy crooked individuals including some chiefs, politicians and the jubilee house must cease immediately! With these happenings, you will still see "pregnant" men sitting in the morning shows of Peace FM and the likes every morning touting failures like Bawumiah as 'super humans". Have we not seen enough of such people in 7 years, such a ridicule must end, Ghana deserves better. We need serious minded, intelligent, strong will, compassionate and self less leadership now!
Good citizens always have priority treatment in their countries, the reverse is what we see in Ghana. Dubious foreigners have the guts to shoot / kill natives in their own countries because such countries are rubbish countries led by rubbish people. What a pity!! Akufo Addo's failure cannot be matched, how pathetic that Ghanaians reposed their confidence in him as though he was one to change the status quo, such a ridiculous, nepotistic, greedy, corruption laden, myopic and sycophantic government.
Unbelievable...Nana Addo Administration is failing in terms of security and on this galamsey menace. This is hard to take in our homeland where few Ghanaians connive with Chinese to our poor communities a place of hell. Why? Where is minister of Lands? We need to open our eyes to fight galamsey seriously. So far the fight has been a joke at every turn.