Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has disclosed that based on the information at his disposal, he is certain that Aisha Huang is guilty of the accusations made against her.

Mr Jinapor stated in an interview with journalists that if proven guilty of the allegations against her, 'Galamsey' queen Aisha Huang will be prosecuted and imprisoned in a Ghanaian jail.

“Aisha Huang has been arrested today. She is being prosecuted and she will be prosecuted under Ghanaian law in Ghanaian court if she is found guilty which I believe she should be found and I think I am not making prejudicial comments but I am saying that given the fact that I have, I am expecting that Aisha Huang will be found guilty, convicted and sentenced and thrown into Ghanaian jail,” he said.

He further stated that other 154 persons of different nationalities have also been arrested.

These prosecutions, he said, are a testimony to the government’s fight against the menace.

“Not just related to Aisha Huang but generally deal with foreigners. Three or four days ago, we arrested 154 foreigners who were involved in illegal small-scale mining and even how to keep them was a problem…Aisha Huang’s case should not be looked at in isolation, it should be looked at in the context of foreigners being involved in Ghanaian criminality and how we deal with it.

“The assumption that the President’s whole might and effort revolve around Aisha Huang [not true],” he added.

Meanwhile, a total of 164 suspected illegal foreign miners have been apprehended by a military anti-galamsey taskforce, Operation Halt II, in the Eastern Region's Anyinam and Mampong.

The suspects include 159 men and five women, the majority of whom are foreigners from Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali, and Ivory Coast.

The operation, conducted by Ghana’s Armed Forces, forms part of the government's relaunched campaign against "galamsey," or illegal small-scale mining.