Some of the suspects
Police in the Chereponi
District of the North East Region have arrested a total of 16 suspects in
connection with the renewed clashes between the Konkombas and Chokosis.
Thirteen out of the 16 suspects
are in the custody of the Northern Regional Police Command assisting in
investigations.
One of the suspects, who fired
at security personnel but was shot in the thigh in the process, is receiving
treatment at Chereponi Hospital under guard.
Already, workers in the
Chereponi District are fleeing the area due to the renewed clashes, as buses loaded with people are seen leaving.
The workers loaded in two separate
buses left the Chereponi District through Togo to Ghana for their safety and have
since arrived in Tamale, the Northern regional capital.
According to them, the shooting
of the district coordinating director indicated that workers in the district were
not safe and they could not take risks any further.
A teacher, Seidu Rashid, told DAILY
GUIDE that the security personnel deployed in the area were inadequate
to take charge of the volatile situation.
He disclosed that the security
was not able to escort them out of Chereponi and as a result they had to go to Togo
before getting a safe passage to Tamale.
Already, one person has been confirmed
dead by the police in the renewed clashes.
Even though the police have
officially confirmed the death of one person whose name is not readily known,
there are unconfirmed reports that about six deaths have been recorded in the
latest clashes between the two warring factions.
The Northern Regional Police
Public Relations Office, DSP Mohammed Yusuf Tanko, confirmed the incident to DAILY
GUIDE and stated that two communities were also burnt.
Five persons have been already
been arrested in connection with the latest clashes.
The fight started on Sunday
over a piece of farm land between the people of Nambiri Zongo, a Chokosi
community and a Konkomba community called Tombo – both in the Saboba District.
According to the police, a
group of Konkombas burnt down Koli, near Nambiri.
The inhabitants of Nambiri launched reprisal attacks by burning Nanduni, an already devastated village of the Konkombas.
FROM Eric Kombat, Chereponi
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