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General News of Saturday, January 19th, 2019
Source: Starrfmonline.com
2019-01-19
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Members of the security forces monitoring the curfew in Yendi killed a young man and arrested two after armed strangers tried to disrupt the seeding of a new Ya Naa, opened fire near the Gbewaa Palace, confirmed the spokesman of the police, Northern DSP, Mohammed Yussif Tanko.
The armed men who were hiding in an unfinished building began firing towards the palace while the king makers accompanied the elect Ya Naa, the former head of Savelugu Yoo Naa Abukari Mahama, in the Katini (Royal Shrine) for complete the most important phase of her swelling Friday night.
"The security personnel on the ground fought back and fired the gunmen inside the building," Tanko said.
The motive for the attack was to prevent the lockup after some of the competitors' supporters were disappointed and angry. Four people disputed for the Ya Naa position; including the two former regents, Chief of Tampion and Savelugu Naa.
Eliasu Tanko, the northern regional correspondent for Starr News in Yendi, heard and counted scores of shots from the suburbs of Kuga Naa and the new Ya Naa.
"Two men were, however, arrested with an AK 47 badault rifle and an unidentified man who was reportedly 35 years old was also found dead in the compound of the said house from which he was fired. the shot".
The arrested men have since refused to reveal their identity to the police, the police added.
The body of the deceased identified as Gadafi, an Abudu sympathizer, was sent to the morgue of the Yendi Government Hospital to be preserved. It was confirmed by the nurse of Mr. Alid Hamza in the emergency department of the said health center.
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