Joseph Yamin, the National Organiser of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has responded cryptically to the Attorney General’s directive to the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) to investigate him and NDC Vice Chairman Abanga Yakubu Alhassan over alleged involvement in illegal mining activities, commonly referred to as galamsey.
In a Facebook post laced with metaphor and nostalgia, Yamin recounted a childhood incident involving a soldier’s cat, subtly likening the unfolding political situation to being wrongly accused and then warned not to provoke a “sleeping lion.”
“Once upon a time in 4BN barracks complex… we chanced upon a cat which belongs to a soldier,” he wrote, describing how he and his friends were accused of trying to cook the soldier’s pet. He ends the story with a chilling reference to the soldier’s words: “Tomorrow everybody go hear of it.”
Yamin then borrows the soldier’s parting words as a warning to his political opponents: “When you see a lion sleeping, please don’t wake it up because you may not like what the action of the lion.” He signs off with a defiant message: “TOMORROW EVERYONE WILL HEAR OF US.”
Attorney General Dr. Dominic Ayine had, on July 15, 2025, directed EOCO to commence investigations into Yamin and Alhassan’s alleged roles in illegal mining, as part of renewed efforts to combat the destructive practice that continues to plague Ghana’s environment and natural resources.
