Tension mounts in Gbane over the execution of a Bolga High Court order

The order for police protection was granted following an application by lawyers for the small-scale miner who complained of trespass in his concession by youth of the Gbane community and a large-scale mining company, Earl International Group Ghana Gold Limited.

On 21st November, 2025, the Bolgatanga High Court, presided over by His Lordship Justice Ernest Pascal Gemadzie, ordered the Upper East Regional Police Command to provide protection and assistance to a small-scale miner, Zongdaan Boyak Kolog, popularly known as Poloo, who operates under the name and style of Nanlamtaaba Enterprise, to undertake mining operations in the Gbane area, though the miner does not hold a valid mining licence or operating permits from both the Minerals Commission and the Environmental Protection Authority.

Following the grant of an application for police protection by the Bolgatanga High Court, lawyers for Earl International Group Ghana Gold Limited filed an application with the court to vacate or set aside the police protection order, arguing that the order was given on the back of an expired mining licence of Nanlamtaaba Enterprise.