Chief Executive Officer of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), Professor Nana Ama Klutse, has said that journalists who were involved in the accident after EPA anti-galamsey team was attacked near Obuasi in the Ashanti Region are responding to treatment.
She said the victims suffered various forms of injury, including broken thigh, head 9njuriy and chest pains.
Speaking on the Ghana Tonight Show on TV3 Thursday, November 6, she said, “We thank God that we all have our lives now, it is just unfortunate that we have some injuries. The most critical one a broken thigh, which is one of the Joy TV cameramen. Your correspondent Abubarkar has some chest pains, and he is responding to treatment. Adom TV’s correspondent had a head injury; he is also responding to treatment. Then we have some EPA staff who were also involved in the accident; they are all responding to treatment. We have discussed it with the doctors and nurses in charge to pay special attention to them because we were on a national assignment before this unfortunate incident happened.”
The incident occurred at Afari, following a violent encounter with illegal miners near Obuasi.
Reports indicate that the convoy of the EPA team was initially attacked by a group of illegal miners at Dadwene, a community near Obuasi. The severity of the attack reportedly forced the EPA team and the accompanying media personnel to retreat.
The subsequent accident, which happened later at Afari, has left several people injured.
Speaking to the news desk for an update, reporter William Evans-Nkum clarified the apparent geographical discrepancy between the site of the attack and the accident.
