The Member of Parliament for Kumbungu in the Northern region, Ras Mubarak has vowed to take on military personnel that stormed the district to destroy some 14 tipper trucks and an excavator following a crackdown on illegal sand miners along the White River at Nawuni near Kumbungu in the Northern Region.
The rage by the military follows an earlier warning by the Northern regional Security Council(REGSEC).
The Kumbungu lawmaker who described the incident as savagery, has said he’ll leave no stone unturned to get compensation for the affected persons.
“You don’t solve an illegal problem by committing an illegality. They are going to get this country into serious legal issues that might culminate into compensations and judgment debt. We will ensure that those people whose properties were burned down get justice. We would ensure that the necessary legal remedies are undertaken, so that people get justice.” he stated in an interview with Accra-based Joy FM.
Armed infantries of the Sixth Battalion deployed from their military base in Kamina Barracks in Tamale, Saturday, March 3, carried out a combative operation to intensify a crackdown on illegal sand winning activities in the area.
According to reports, dozens of heavy sand mining machines including about fourteen (14) tipper trucks and an excavator were burnt by the soldiers who stormed the area by trucks.
The illegal miners fled the area before the armed forces arrived, thus no arrest was made.
Some residents and miners who saw the soldiers advancing towards the mining site said they counted about three military trucks loaded with heavily armed soldiers.
One of the trucks was carrying a canoe, a panicked resident of Dalun, a village along the path to the river told Kasapa News.
The unregulated operation by the miners have polluted the water source, caused deep environmental damages, pushed farmers away from farmlands and forced fishmongers to hang their nets.
Despite several efforts by the Regional Security Council, the activity persisted until management of the Ghana Water Company engaged national security personnel to combat the activity.
Source: kasapafmonline.com
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I will not be surprised if they military stage a coup in the immediate future. Allowing the military in the street is equal to inviting lawlessness. Very soon they would strip your dwarf president naked and parade him in the street of Accra, you keep encouraging them.
Both him and your vice president are the same place, and they do they same job, sane goat herders, in fact the vice president is their prefect.
Thumbs up for the military.Ghanaians are amongst some of the most lawless individuals in Africa. Nobody obeys the law.Drivers drive anyhow ,taxi drivers stop anywhere even if it is in a curve to pick up passengers.It is time someone did something radical.Go to Madina Zongo junction; the pavements are choked with traders who leave their filth right on the pavements after heir day's work. This little runt of an MP is one of the people who encourage people to disregard the law. Folks do you also notice that the Northern MPs are becoming more and more bellicose and unreasonable by the day?
Those equipment belong to him, that why he is bleating, what a goat herder as an MP.
A parliamentarian behaving like a street boy. May God have mercy on Ghana. The opposition NDC believes that they are all above the law. Somebody should inform the Ras Mubarack that is currently a ban on Galamsey and he as a member of parliament should abide by the law. The Northern Region NDC MPs are funny and not cultured. Ras Mubarack I wish you should your mouth.
I just love the military!!! They don't have time for court and diplomacy....i just pray they can burn this fööl called Mubarak too...kwasiiaa man,what can you do!!!
Good job! 'emaama ma" Keep on the crack down. People don't obey laws in Ghana especially those regarding the environment.