A biological brother of President John Dramani Mahama, Alfred Mahama has been absolved in his alleged support for illegal mining operations, commonly referred to as ‘galamsey’ in the Eastern Region.
THE CUSTODIAN had carried a story with the headline, ‘Mahama’s Brother Fingered In Galamsey Operation,’ in which the paper reported that Alfred, senior brother of President Mahama, has been named by one Prince Kejah, a highly stubborn galamsey operator who is said to be polluting water bodies with his illegal mining activities, as his main protector, boasting that nobody can touch.
The paper also reported that Kejah had issued a strong warning to the National Security against efforts to arrest and prosecute him.
The warning, the paper further gathered, followed a massive swoop on Kejah’s illegal mining operations at Akyem Saaman near Osino in the Eastern Region by the National Security operatives on May 15, 2025, where of his four excavators, one bulldozer, and three tipper trucks were seized.
Sources at the National Security confirmed the seizure of the machinery, which have since been taken to Accra for further investigation.
However, following the publication of the story on Monday May 19, 2025, Prince Kejah who has been accused of using the name of Mr. Alfred Mahama in his alleged illegal mining operations has denied the allegation.
In an interview with Accra-based ‘Okay FM’, Kejah denied using the name of Mr. Alfred in his mining activities and that has no contact with the president’s senior brother.
Similarly, Mr Yaw Dankwah, lawyer for Mr Alfred has also in a letter addressed to THE CUSTODIAN refuted his client’s involvement in any form of mining operations.
We reproduce the full content of the letter below:
We write as Lawyers for and on behalf of MR. ALFRED MAHAMA (hereinafter called “our Client”) and on whose authority we write this letter.
Our Client is a responsible citizen who does not interfere in the lawful execution of the mandate of any state institution, especially in matters of irresponsible mining which lies at the heart of every patriotic citizen.
Our Client informs us that you have published a news item about him without stating your source of information or verifying the accuracy of its content before publishing same which is required in the practice of responsible journalism.
It is the instruction of our client that your news item which was titled and boldly published on the front page of your newspaper as “MAHAMA’S BROTHER FINGERED IN GALAMSEY OPERATION” was not journalism but a deliberate attempt to denigrate the hard-earned reputation of our client and profit from your bad press.
Our client further informs us that your aforementioned publication which was captured in the Vol:010/0043 of your newspaper dated the 19th May, 2025 is false and defamatory and same has lowered his reputation in the eyes of right-thinking members of the society.
We have been instructed to demand and we hereby DEMAND that you retract the said news item, apologise and compensate our client appropriately for the damage caused to his hard-earned reputation.
A further demand is placed on you to retract the news and apologise in the same manner you published it in your newspaper within seven (7) days from the date of receipt of this letter.
You have within the seven days to contact his lawyers in respect of this matter to negotiate the level of compensation which would be appropriate to purge you of your negligent and defamatory reporting.
Your failure to comply with the demands stated in this letter shall leave Cur Client with no other option than to institute a legal action against you and the Editor of your newspaper in a court of competent jurisdiction.
Looking forward to your earliest action. Yours faithfully,
Signed
YAW DANKWAH, ESQ.
Cc:
Mr. Alfred Mahama East Legon-Accra
