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General News on Wednesday, June 5th, 2019
Source: 3news.com
2019-06-05
The vandalized house
The government tightened the curfew in the municipality of Bole in the Savannah area following gunfire that disrupted Eid-Ul-Fitr's prayers last Wednesday.
A curfew from 8 pm to 5 am in the city and surrounding area was immediately postponed from 6 pm to 6 am, after the burning of two houses and the vandalism of another with a vehicle.
It has also reinforced the total prohibition of the carrying of weapons, ammunition or any offensive weapon by anyone in the area.
Sleepless violence related to chieftaincy erupted Wednesday after the arrival of a leader at war during Muslim prayers marking the end of Ramadan.
Shots were fired by angry young men, forcing men, women and children to flee from the prayer halls on foot and by motorbike.
The young people reportedly prevented an allegedly illegitimate leader from praying with the city's imams.
Our correspondent reported that the incident resulted from a persistent leadership dispute between Abdulai Issahaku Kant, who would be the legitimate complainant of Bole's skin, and Abudu Abubakar, the Yagbonwura's favorite.
The northern regional police command confirmed the incident at 3news.com, claiming that his rival leader, Alhaji Abukari Abudu, whose return to Bole had unleashed violence, was rescued by police from his home in Damongo, where he has been since the end of 2018.
"The situation is under control as the police and the army prepare to apply the curfew," said a statement released by police on Wednesday.
Police have meanwhile asked the residents of Bole to avoid violence and allow peace to reign in the area.
"Security agencies will prosecute and arrest any person or group that tries to bring justice," the statement said.
What we know
Abudu Abubakar, who moved to Damongo because of the conflict, returned to Bole Tuesday in the middle of the high security to participate in the prayers of Eid marking the end of Ramadan, reported our correspondent.
Savannah Regional Minister Adam Salifu Braimah met with the two conflict leaders in the region who badured him of peace during the holiday season.
Young people in the area reportedly received information about the return of Abubakar that they would consider illegitimate and therefore planned to disrupt his participation in Wednesday morning prayers.
"Nobody knew how he got into Bole, it created tension," the minister told 3news.com in the aftermath of the nearly bloody incident.
Eyewitnesses told our correspondent that just as the prayers were about to begin, the youths arrived in the area and started firing, which prompted the army to intervene quickly in the middle. shots fired from another angle.
As this afternoon, Abudu Abubakar had returned to Damongo, but it is unclear when he will return to Bole.
"It's a delicate situation, but it's also under control now. It's not powered … everything is under control now, "he told 3news.com.
But our correspondent reported tonight that the home of a former Bole DCE, Abudu Sampson, who is now Tingawura, has been vandalized.
Context
At the end of last year, a misunderstanding between the conflicting leaders of Bole resulted in the death of one person and several others injured.
This incident reportedly forced Abudu Abubakar, who is said to have been chained by Yagbonwura, to settle in Damongo.
His rival, Abdulai Issahaku Kant, who is the favorite of the people, was declared the owner by the House of Chiefs of the Northern Region and a high court.
Abdulai Issahaku Kant was later designated as Bolewura.
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