The Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners (GNASSM) has rejected extortion and harassment charges placed on the head of some task force and others by the Ashanti Regional National Security outfit.
The Taskforce numbering according to 3news were arrested by the military command in the Ashanti region for illegal possession of military accoutrements.
They were arrested at a mining site in the Manso Nkwanta enclave when they were allegedly extorting money from some miners on Wednesday, September 8.
But GNASSM says those charges levelled against its task force are false therefore it’s calling for the immediate release of the suspects who have been in military custody since 8th September 2021.
According to the association, the facts put before the public after the arrest of the suspects were twisted just to taint the image of the taskforce and have defended the suspects for no grievance offense.
Source: Oyerepafmonline.com / Joseph Marfo
