Amid widespread allegations that government officials and politically exposed persons are involved in illegal mining, Interior Minister Muntaka Mubarak has revealed that the late Defence Minister, Dr.

Omane Boamah, had sworn that neither he nor any member of his family was engaged in the practice.

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