Narawa asks Ghana police to investigate alleged raid — MyJoyOnline
Mining company Narawa Company Limited in Ghana has asked the police to conduct a comprehensive and impartial investigation into an alleged armed raid on its mining site on August 12, 2026. According to MyJoyOnline, the company said in its petition that the incident involved an attack, unlawful occupation of the territory, theft of property and destruction of equipment.
The company's account
According to Narawa, at about 10:30 an armed convoy of around six vehicles, including Land Cruisers, forcibly entered the grounds of its mine. The petition names a number of individuals whom the company links to the raid, including Ebenezer Atta Finn, also known as Benjamin Doku or Ben, as well as people with military ranks and land guards.
The company asks the police to establish the circumstances in which, according to its account, three people, including a police officer, were injured during the incident and one employee was killed. Narawa also claims that excavators and other equipment, as well as gold and gold concentrate worth more than 100 million Ghanaian cedis, were removed from its site.
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Requests to the police
The petition states that after media reports about the incident emerged, unknown persons, according to the company, set fire to some of the equipment at the site. Among the damaged equipment, Narawa listed an industrial mobile washing plant, an industrial power plant, water pumps and slurry pumps. The company estimated the value of the destroyed assets at more than $2 million.
Narawa asks for all possible participants in the events to be identified, for the circumstances of the seizure of equipment, gold and concentrate to be examined, and for the whereabouts of the removed property to be established. The company also asks for witnesses to be interviewed and surveillance camera footage, photographs, videos, transport data and telecommunications records to be examined. Separately, it asks for verification of a claim by people who allegedly represented two companies that the Minerals Commission may have transferred Narawa's mining concession to them.
