In a shocking exposé, insiders from the illegal mining trade, commonly referred to as Galamsey in the Ghanaian local parlance, have disclosed horrifying practices in their day-to-day dealings.
Blood sacrifices for mining success and allegations of corruption involving high-ranking officials have always been the order of the day according to the revelations.
A former Galamsey worker spilled the beans in a candid interview, detailing how fellow miners resort to gruesome rituals to boost their mining output.
Startlingly, newborns (babies) are the sacrificial lambs in this ordeal; pounded in empty cylinder cans and scattered within mining pits to supposedly enhance gold yields.
Reports also indicate that some nurses actively participate in this gruesome scheme, supplying newborns to miners at a price of about GHC 50,000 per infant. The infants are tragically used as pawns in these rituals, shedding light on the depths of desperation that illegal mining has reached.
The ex-miner also implicated security officials in Obuasi, accusing them of complicity in the Galamsey menace. Not only have these officials turned a blind eye to the illicit operations, but some are also allegedly involved, employing miners and amassing wealth from the trade.
Some of these officials are purportedly police commanders, MCEs, and even prominent politicians; he stated without fear.
