The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has announced that it is commencing investigations in to the reports indicating that some military men are protecting some illegal miners in Manso in the Ashanti Region.

In a statement by the GAF, it averred that, it will not take the allegations lightly, neither will it condone wrongdoing, if found to be true.

“Accordingly, a full-scale investigation has commenced into the allegations and appropriate sanctions will be handed out to any person(s) found culpable.”

This comes after evidence was secured of over 30 fully armed military men protecting illegal miners whose activities have degraded the Manso forest despite the withdrawal of all military personnel from mining sites across the country.

The Armed Forces have, however, assured “the general public of its unflinching commitment to the national cause.”