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Regional News from Sunday, January 20th, 2019
Source: ghananewsagency.org
2019-01-20
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One person was confirmed dead as a result of sporadic shootings a few meters from Gbewaa Palace in Yendi, while customary rites were about to begin wrapping up the new Dagbon overlord, Savelugu Yoo Naa, Abubakari Mahama.
Deputy Police Superintendent (DSP), Mr. Mohammed Yusif Tanko, Public Relations Officer of the Northeast Police Command, complies with this statement in a statement released Saturday in Tamale.
The statement said: "On Friday, January 18, 2019, around 9:25 pm GMT, shortly before curfew, while the rituals were about to begin at Gbewaa Palace, in accordance with the customs and traditions related to the After bagging the new Ya Na, there were sudden sporadic shootings in the presence of the security of unknown gunmen in an abandoned house located a few meters from the main Gbewaa Palace.
"Security personnel on the ground fought back and sued the gunmen inside the building after the police and the army surrounded him."
"Two men, however, were arrested with an AK 47 badault rifle and an unidentified man, about 35 years old, was also found dead in the compound of the said house from which the men came. fire."
"The arrested men have since refused to reveal their identities to the police," the statement said, adding that the body had been sent to the morgue of the Yendi government hospital for safekeeping. His death was confirmed by Mr. Alid Hamza, a nurse posted to the hospital. the emergency block of the hospital.
The statement said that Saturday, January 19, around 00 h 45, the rituals continued with percussion and musket fire in a context of increased security.
Activities ended around 5.30 am without any additional unusual incident being recorded.
At the same time, the situation at Gbewaa Palace and the entire Yendi Municipality is being monitored, according to the statement.
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