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NPP Gov't warned to stay away from Bimbilla dispute
Two persons have been killed while eight others have so far been injured in the renewed clashes in the town following the installation of a new sub-chief.
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Osman Kikaa believes political meanings will be read into the development if the government does not stay away and allow the matter to be dealt with in court.
“I don’t think the NPP government will have anything to do with this, no. The government has been very careful in his choice of executives especially when you come to the Northern Region because of thee chieftaincy issues. I am telling you government is very careful about chieftaincy issues in the Northern Region.
“The regional minister-designate (Salifu Sa-eed)’s way of dealing with things, if will not improve the situation in the Northern Region, will not worsen it. But I want government to stay away entirely from our Bimbilla chieftaincy matters. We want to deal with the case through the legal process and then we will make sure that there is lasting peace in Bimbilla forever,” he said on Accra FM.
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Background
Police have arrested 17 people following gunfire exchanges in the Northern Regional town of Bimbilla.
READ ALSO: 17 arrested in clashes at Bimbilla
As at 8:30 PM on Thursday, gunshots could be heard in the township, the Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer ASP Ebenezer Tetteh said.
A joint security force comprising police and military men have been deployed to the area to forestall any disturbance.
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The Ministry of Interior has since renewed the curfew on the town to between the hours of 4pm and 6am.
Bimbila is one of the poverty endemic areas in the Northern Region.
There has been sporadic violence in Bimbilla since 2014 after a contestant in the longstanding kinship dispute between members of the Gbugmayili gate was assassinated.
READ ALSO: Interior Ministry reviews curfew in Bimbilla
Properties were damaged while more than 10 people lost their lives after some butchers broke custom by refusing to offer sacrifices to Yakubu Dasana Andani whose legitimacy they challenged.
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