Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Ken Ashigbey, has placed moral responsibility for the deaths of the eight persons who perished in the August 6, 2025, helicopter crash on politically exposed individuals engaged in illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey.
Speaking on Accra-based Citi FM on Friday, August 8, 2025, the Convenor of the Media Coalition Against Galamsey urged Ghanaians to view the tragedy as a pivotal moment in the fight against illegal mining. "We should not just deport galamseyers but ensure they pay the full fines stipulated and serve the complete sentences prescribed by law.
We need to send a strong signal that Ghana is closing down this criminal business. "All those politically exposed people who are involved in galamsey, the blood of these eight is on your hands.
You'd better have a change of heart, repent, and step out of it.
