Colonel Dominic Buah is the Director of Operations of NAIMOS
The Public Relations Officer of the National Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has given details of what the Director of Operations of NAIMOS, Colonel Dominic Buah, said after the attack on his team at Ahafo Hwidiem in the Ahafo Region.
According to Paa Kwesi Schandorf, Colonel Dominic Buah, who was leading the team, said they nearly lost their lives during the attack.
He said that the attack was “bloody” and the team survived only by the grace of God.
“When the incident happened yesterday, having spoken to the director of operations of NAIMOS, he indicated to me that he survived clearly by the mercy of God because if you look at the intensity of the anger and how they were very much charged, he and the rest of the team would have lost their lives.
“… you should have heard him or the rest of the team narrate the incident. It was bloody, and it could have been a different story altogether,” Schandorf said in an interview on TV3 on November 2, 2025.
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The PRO also indicated that NAIMOS had no planned operation at Ahafo Hwidiem.
He said that the team chanced on an illegal mining operation in the community along the road while on their way to Accra after an operation.
About the attack:
According to a report by Erastus Asare Donkor, ten military officers who are members of NAIMOS, led by their Director of Operations, conducted an operation in the Ahafo Region on Saturday, November 1, 2025.
He indicated that while on their operation, the NAIMOS Director received information that an excavator was actively being used for mining along the roadside near Branikrom, prompting the team to move to the area and arrest the illegal miners, including a Burkinabe national.
Erastus Asare Donkor further stated that the NAIMOS team demanded the presence of the site owner at the location where the mining was being carried out.
He added that an individual later arrived, identifying himself as a Defence Intelligence (DI) representative from the Ahafo Region, followed by another person who reportedly claimed to be the site owner.
A search conducted by the NAIMOS team at the site led to the discovery of ammunition of various kinds, as well as cash and mobile phones.
Donkor added that while the NAIMOS team was at it, the Member of Parliament for Asutifi North, Ebenezer Kwaku Addo, came to the scene with alleged thugs demanding the release of the arrested illegal miners.
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