Some
unknown assailants yesterday opened fire killing at least two people in Bawku.
The incident which took place at Patilmi, a suburb close to the Ghana National Fire
Service Station, injured two persons. The two, who sustained various degrees of
injuries are said to be responding to treatment at the Bolgatanga Regional
Hospital while investigations are ongoing to unravel the cause of the shooting.
The Bawku Municipal Chief Executive, Issahaku Bukari, told Radio Ghana's Isaac Asare that the Municipal Security Council,
MUSEC, will be meeting this morning to deliberate on the way forward and also
put in place further security measures to avert any re-occurrence. He
emphasized, that the shooting has nothing to do with the conflict in Bawku but
a malicious act perpetuated by some unscrupulous group of persons who are bent
on destabilizing the current peace in the area. Mr Bukari said, the security is
on the ground trying to pick up pieces of information to certain the truth of
the matter. He said his office is yet to get a briefing from the security, and
that those found culpable will be made to face the full rigours of the law. Mr.
Bukari, assured the people of Bawku and its environs to remain calm and go
about their duties without fear or panic. An eye witness who happens to be the
Assembly member for the Patilmi Electoral Area, Imoro Mahamadu, said the
incident which occurred around 8.pm last
night was purely criminal because the
victims were sitting infront of their family home conversing when the armed men
approached them and opened fire killing the two in the process. He said the deceased
who have been identified as Alhassan Hadi and Issaka Tijani, are said to be
buried today. The Bawku Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent, Tehupor
Kalepsi, told Radio Ghana that security in Bawku will be tightened and that
efforts will be made to bring the perpetrators to book.
GBC END
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