A member of the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) task force has been shot during an anti-galamsey operation in the Bono Region, the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has confirmed.
NAIMOS said the incident occurred earlier in the day along the Subinkrom–Kyeremasu stretch in the Dormaa Central Municipality.
“The armed thugs, who were hiding in the bushes, opened fire on sighting the NAIMOS task force,” NAIMOS stated in a statement released, adding that “this led to an exchange of gunfire, during which one NAIMOS personnel sustained a gunshot injury.”
According to the statement, the injured officer was shot in the thigh and was “swiftly rushed to the St. Matthew Catholic Hospital at Ampenkuro, where he is currently responding to treatment.”
NAIMOS further disclosed that one of the assailants was killed during the exchange. “One of the assailants who opened fire on the NAIMOS task force was shot dead during the exchanges,” the statement noted. The deceased, identified as Abuu Ibrahim, was pronounced dead on arrival at the same hospital.
