Police and GHG refuse to let Konkomba and Bimoba students flee Chereponi

General News of Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Source: 3news.com

2019-03-20

Students from Chereponi Technical High School in Konkomba and Bimoba on Wednesday besieged the district police station, demanding permission to leave the city of Chereponi because of their conflict, saying that they did not feel safe after the resumption of ethnic conflict in the region

The ethnic conflict that has lasted for decades between Chokosis and Konkombas on a plot of land was triggered last weekend by a series of house fire and fire, leaving more than 1,800 residents displaced.

A shot, communities burned in Chereponi
A large number of internally displaced people, mostly women and children, have fled the conflict zone since the weekend, as the situation in the northeastern city deteriorates daily.

In the midst of apparent insecurity in the region, students from Konkomba and Bimoba who feel threatened by Chokosis stormed the Chereponi police station to request leave to leave the area. city.

The police rejected the request, stating that what the students were asking for was against the security advisory given on Tuesday.

DSP Mohammed Yussif Tanko, police officer of the Northern Regional Police, told 3news.com that the district security council had concluded Tuesday at a meeting that students would be kept on campus, as well as security and would benefit from enhanced security.

"This is against the view of security; it's DISEC and also Ghana Education Service whose decision was made during a meeting yesterday [Tuesday] took place in Chereponi, "said DSP Tanko.

The students were "badured of total security" by the joint team of the police and the army and so have "should stay in school to learn," said the DSP Yussif Tanko.

He stated that students and school administrators had received badurances that their security would be enhanced on campus if they had the "security environment necessary to operate".

Despite police badurances, 3news.com's audits revealed that the students were still at the Chereponi District Police Station.

According to students, some residents often go through the school campus while brandishing firearms, but police said they could not independently verify this complaint.

Twenty-two houses were burned as part of the renewed conflict and three people were confirmed dead, while eight people were arrested.

A police / military team seized six single-barreled pistols and a locally made pistol.

Police say they have placed displaced children and women in "safe places" and have deployed personnel inside to better respond to distress calls received by the military.