The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has arrested a leading member of civil society group Democracy Hub, after a petition to the police to investigate allegations of illegal mining levelled against three regional ministers.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Ghana Police Service said suspect Wendell Nana Yaw Yeboah had been arrested after a petition was filed by Mr. Daniel Sasu Omari and two others, acting on behalf of the Ashanti, Eastern and Western Regional Ministers.
Police added that Yeboah is in custody and is expected to be arraigned today Thursday, 27 November 2025.
Yeboah, who serves as Head of Mobilisation at Democracy Hub, had publicly alleged that the three ministers were complicit in illegal mining, known locally as galamsey.
The claims drew sharp reactions from government circles, prompting the formal petition for a criminal probe.
Democracy Hub’s convenor, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, earlier said that the activist’s arrest was politically motivated and carried out “on the orders of the Government”.
The police statement did not address the substance of the galamsey allegations but confirmed the arrest as part of ongoing investigations triggered by the petition.
Illegal mining remains one of Ghana’s most pressing environmental and political issues, frequently putting civil society actors on a collision course with authorities.
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