The Minerals Development Fund (MDF) has vehemently denied viral reports that 33 excavators, confiscated during an anti-illegal mining operation at Akomfre, went missing while in police custody.
It has described the reports as 'false' and inaccurate, stating that the Administrator of the MDF, Dr Hanna Bisiw-Kotei, was misquoted and that the claims do not reflect what actually happened during the operation. "The Minerals Development Fund (MDF) is issuing this statement to correct fundamentally inaccurate media reports suggesting that 33 excavators went missing from police custody and to provide a factual account of the events in Akomfre.
The narrative created by recent publications, which misquoted our Administrator, Dr Hanna Bisiw-Kotei, is false," portions of the statement read.
Setting the record straight in a statement dated July 3, 2025, the Fund stated that no excavators had gone missing.
