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General News on Wednesday, June 5th, 2019
Source: 3news.com
2019-06-05
A chieftaincy conflict would be the cause of confusion on the Eid prayer ground
Hundreds of Muslims from Bole, in the Savannah area, were forced to give up their prayers for Eid-Ul-Fitr on Wednesday morning as a result of shots fired at the site of the attack. event as a result of a conflict of chieftaincies in the region.
Men, women and children were seen fleeing the places of prayer on foot and by motorbike when young people stormed the neighborhood that allegedly fired to prevent an allegedly illegitimate leader from praying with them. imams of the city.
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 incident occurred around 9 am, while the Eid prayer was about to take place.
No causality has been recorded, but two houses belonging to one of the warring leaders, Abubakar, have been set on fire and a vehicle for an opinion leader of the city, Alhaji Malik, also been vandalized by the angry young man.
What triggered the attack?
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
Earlier this year, a misunderstanding between Bole's conflicting leaders 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 people's favorite, 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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