Sunyani, Jan 18, - The
Brong-Ahafo Regional Police command has advised residents in the region to
remain calm and avoid taking the law into their own hands to attack Fulani herdsmen
and their cattle.
Deputy Commissioner of Police
(DCOP) Kwame Tachie-Poku in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in
Sunyani on the issue stated that the Police had introduced adequate security
measures to protect farmers, especially in cattle rearing areas and the general
public.
He said the Police had held
several meetings with the Chiefs, opinion leaders, the Fulani community heads
and the Municipal and District Security Councils to discuss how best they could
handle cattle to prevent destruction of farmers’ crops in their areas to avert
violence.
DCOP Tachie-Poku urged the
general public to report to the Police in their locality about any cattle
spotted in their farms and other farms
for prompt and necessary action to be taken.
He said some youth
at Atebubu had arrested and
handed over a suspected Fulani man to
the Police for allegedly shooting and killing
one Morro Fuseini , a
56-year-old farmer.
DCOP Tachie-Poku said medical
report from the Atebubu Government
Hospital however, indicated that the deceased
did not die of an alleged gunshot wounds.
He explained that on January 13,
this year at about 1700 hours an Assembly man of Atebubu Nyomuase, Shaibu reported that
Fuseini had been shot at Bolga Nkwanta, near Atebubu and had
sustained gunshot wounds.
DCOP Tachie-Poku said the Police
visited the scene and found
the deceased lying on the road beside his bicycle with blood oozing from
the mouth but could not identify any gunshot wounds.
He was conveyed to the Atebubu
Government Hospital but died shortly after arrival, the Regional Police
Commander added.
DCOP Tachie-Poku said the body of
the deceased had been deposited at the Hospitals morgue while Police was still
conducting investigations.
GNA
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