Atronie chiefs threaten to invoke deity against galamseyers

The Secretary to the Atronie Traditional Authority, Nana Yaw Ampofo, disclosed this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), warning that the community's local shrine is "unforgiving" and that invoking its anger would have serious consequences."We are going to invoke the assistance and anger of our local deity to stop the galamseyers, and that will be disastrous," he said, adding that the traditional authority was informing the government in advance because "nothing can be done to pacify the gods if we invoke their anger."Chiefs and residents of Atronie in the Sunyani Municipality of the Bono Region have threatened to invoke the wrath of their local deity against illegal miners if the government fails to take decisive action to halt the destruction of the community's environment.