Seven people are feared dead in a renewed chieftaincy crisis resulting in a gun battle at Bawku in the Upper East Region.
The longstanding chieftaincy conflict, which had recently appeared to calm, escalated after the return of a rival chief to the area.
Alhaji Seidu Abagre, who had been in exile since his installation in February 2023 in Nalerigu, returned to Bawku after a Kumasi High Court quashed his arrest warrant on October 17, 2024.
Tensions flared upon his return, reigniting the dispute and resulting in gunfire exchanges on the night of Saturday, October 26.
A vehicle was set ablaze in the process on the Walewale – Bawku highway, with some gunshots also fired at police facilities in the town.
TV3’s Castro Senyalah reports that security agencies have since the latest incident, been working to prevent a full blown chaos.
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