The National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) has issued the strongest warning yet to the illegal miners, their financiers and assigns.
NAIMOs sent out the stern warning insisting it will smoke out all persons involved adding that there will be no hiding place for them.
Speaking at the President’s Meeting with Civil Society Organizations on illegal mining on Friday October 3,2025, Director of NAIMOS Colonel Dominic Buah warned that NAIMOS will be brutal going forward in order to end the menace of illegal mining.
“I am sending a warning, and Mr. President with your permission I want send this warning to the Illegal Miners, their Assigns and financiers that we are coming after them. We will Smoke them out to make sure our waters are clean”, Col. Buah fumed.
Col. Buah who described illegal miners as “enemies of the state” further indicated that personnel deployed will not shield anyone found guilty.
He said more than Four Hundred personnel have been trained and deployed with several others under training.
He added that the country has been dived into Seven (7) illegal miners regions and Twenty one (21) zones to aid the fight against illegal mining.
