[ 2017-02-17 ]

5 policemen, 2 soldiers wounded in Kumawu chieftaincy clashes
Five Police Officers have been injured in Kumawu
Bodomase in the Ashanti Region, following a
renewed chieftaincy clashes in the area.

According to the Public Relations Officer of the
Ashanti Regional Police Command, Mohammed Tanko,
the clashes began after one Berimah Sarfo
Tweeneboah Kodua II, decided to attend the funeral
of the late Kumawu Akyempenghene in his capacity
as Kumawuhene.

ASP Tanko said although the Police tried
preventing Berimah Sarfo Tweeneboah Kodua II and
his men from entering the funeral grounds, they
resisted and started firing gun shots, injuring
five police officers in the process.
He further stated that, one of the men threw a
petrol bomb that landed on a military officer,
injuring him and another military officer too.

Narrating the incident to Citi News, ASP Tanko
said: “Yesterday [Thursday], there was a funeral
that was suppose to take place at Bodomase and
there has been some chieftancy dispute at Kumawu.


There is one man who claims to be the Paramount
Chief in the area, he decided to attend the
funeral as a Paramount Chief in the area, but we
picked intelligence that should he go there as a
Paramount chief, there will be clashes and it
might lead to severe injuries and even death, so
the security tried preventing him from doing
so.”

“At the end of the day, he came out in full
regalia attending the funeral as a Paramount Chief
so the police officers and the military officers
who were around formed a human wall to prevent him
and his people from passing through. In the course
of the struggle, one of the men threw a petrol
bomb that landed on a military officer, injuring
him and another military officer in the
process.”

He said those injured in the clashes had been sent
to the hospital for treatment and had been
discharged, adding that one other person is still
in a critical condition.

Calm returns

ASP Tanko however said calm had returned to the
area.
“There is calm at Bodomase, there is no tension.
Policemen have dominated the place together with
military officers and we will be there till there
is total calm and normalcy at the place.”

Source - citifmonline.com

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