A 3 year-old girl who lives with the parents at Sefwi Akuraa, a small community close to Samariboi in the Amenfi West Municipality, has seen her untimely death after she was seen missing for 3 days and later found dead in a galamsey pit which is in the middle of the town.
In an account shared by the mother (Maame Yaa), she said she was in the room with her when she left to purchase watermelon. She came back and saw her playing with other kids and later couldn’t find her among them. She then told her mother about her inability to find her child, she kept looking for after 5 to 6pm and could still not find her.
Maame Yaa narrates her story to Joyce Nhyiraba Adu
The committee chair for the area, Mr Oscar Boafo said they’ve spoken to the miners to desist from the work and cover the left pits, they brought machines to cover the various pit but couldn’t do it because the machine was weak for the task. He added that they have brought an excavator to fill the pit, so this unfortunate incident doesn’t occur again.
