Chereponi: the government will smoke gun owners as soon as the ceasefire will be signed

General News on Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Source: Myjoyonline.com

2019-05-28

The factions in the conflict raging in Chereponi have agreed on a temporary ceasefire after many years of bloodshed, property destruction and displacement of thousands of people in the region.

The Konkombas and Chokosi tribes frequently fought on a small piece of land in the poverty-stricken district.

The clashes that occurred last month displaced about 1,860 residents, according to the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO).

In recent clashes, the police recorded two deaths and many people fled the city, fearing to be victims of an exchange of gunfire.

But Joy News learns that a temporary ceasefire agreement has been reached between the government and the warring factions.

The government's focus now is on how to retrieve residents' firearms and identify the individuals or groups that fund the conflict.

Firearms are at the heart of the conflict in Chereponi and in other northern areas.

As peasant farmers, many have wondered how they could buy sophisticated weapons for conflict, but many believe that they are sponsored.

Defense Minister Dominic Nitiwul said that they would be found, arrested and prosecuted for their role in the conflict.

Not wanting to compromise the work of the CID by disclosing too much information, the minister said, "I do not want to go into details, but I can badure that they do what they need to do and if there are people like that, the CID will smoke them. "

"It will not be wise for me to say in detail what they do, but they do a lot when it comes to this aspect," he added.

Mr. Nitiwul pointed out that no one will be spared once discovered and that the evidence is sufficient, the CID will stop and immediately prosecute.

However, in the long run, Colonel Festus Aboagye (Rtd), a security expert, believes that the National Peace Council is best placed to ensure peace in Chereponi.

According to him, other delegations failed to resonate peacefully in Chereponi because of their emotional attachment to the issue.

"The Peace Council's capacity can be strengthened by adding other groups such as the Kofi Annan Peacekeeping Training Center and other civil society organizations, as well as religious and traditional leaders who can not are not indigenous in the conflict zone.

"Because the natives will have an emotional attachment to different causes," he added.

Another group of people, Colonel Aboagye, wants to be excluded from the process. They are political actors, because that will bring him back to the habit of "this party and this party is behind this group. But the group that does not belong to any political group … can help. "

Meanwhile, he proposes that security forces be deployed en mbade to stabilize peace in the region.