A 27-year-old popular illegal mining (galamsey) site foreman has been shot dead while returning from a site at Wassa Wantram near Wassa Akropong in the Wassa Akropong Municipality of the Western Region.
While returning home with four of his workers, Bernard Nti was attacked and shot by unknown persons suspected to be armed robbers.
The victim and his workers were said to have been carrying gold.
The others were left unhurt, but the armed robbers took away the gold and the mobile phones of Nti.
The father of the deceased, Kwesi Yobo, does not understand why his son was the only person who was attacked and shot dead while in the company of his workers.
He, therefore, suspects foul play.
According to him, he spoke to his late son on the phone one hour before his death, adding that where he was shot is a few meters away from his house.
The father is calling for the immediate arrest of his son’s workers, who were with him when he was shot, as nobody has been arrested since the incident was reported to the police.
The body of the deceased has been deposited at the Ajumako Mando Etuafoa Mortuary.