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Northern Region Minister Salifu Saeed said the rampaging youths who on Tuesday torched the office of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) party in Salaga Sud will be treated according to the law.
Young people became angry after the selection of Damango as regional capital of the new Savanna region. Instead, they wanted Salaga to be chosen as regional capital.
-The youth set fire to a nuclear power station party office in the area and also destroyed billboards had The photo of the president Addo Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and put it also on fire.
Salifu Saeed, who has been appointed by the Acting Minister of New Northeastern Regions and Savanah, said demolishing billboards and setting buildings on fire is a strictly criminal offense.
"Security [personnel] are on the ground and by [Wednesday] I will hold a REGSEC [Regional Security] meeting in the afternoon … and those who destroy properties we are going to be treaty this as a criminal case, "he said on television, PM Express.
He added that although there was some stirring noise before the capitals were chosen for the newly created regions, Tuesday's violence was unacceptable.
"If you have concerns, we have leaders there … so they had to fix the problem properly. The methodology they used was not correct " minister condemned.
He added that although calm has been restored, leaders and youth groups have been contacted to quell the unrest among the youth.
& # 39; Bad faith & # 39;
Unhappy with the president's choice of Damango instead of Salaga as capital of the Savanah region, the youth unleashed is unleashed.
They argued that the residents of South Salaga had trusted the NPP by voting for party candidate Salifu Adam Braimah as a member of parliament.
According to them, the choice of Damongo, who voted for Adam Mutawakilu, candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), does not reward the trust of the people in the NPP.
The roof, refrigerators, windows, satellite dish and computers are among the many damages caused by the fire.
Although there has been police the staff present, they could hardly stop the angry youth.
The young firefighters also thwarted the firefighters' attempts on the scene to extinguish the flames.
A witness said pickaxes were brought by angry youth to demolish the building.
Watch the full PM Express program below.
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