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Two separate shooting incidents, one in which a woman was allegedly murdered and the other in which a constituency chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was seriously injured, have occurred in the Fanteakwa District of the Eastern Region and the Bunkpurugu/Yunyoo District of the Northern Region.
While the Begoro Police have arrested two men in connection with the alleged murder of Rose Asantewaa, 54, the wife of Osabarima Bosompem Ayiripe, the Chief of Dede-Sawirako near Begoro, the police in the Bunkpurugu/Yunyoo District are yet to identify the assailants who allegedly shot Mr John Kampion Yenikoa last Monday.
The Fanteakwa suspects are Christopher Narh, an Assembly Member, who is also a presiding elder of the Church of Pentecost, and Isaac Teye, a 40-year-old farmer. The two have been sent to the Eastern Regional Police Command for further investigations.
While the body of Asantewaa has been sent to the morgue, Mr Yenikoa, who was injured in his left arm, is responding to treatment at the Baptist Medical Centre at Nalerigu in the East Mamprusi District.
According to the Northern Regional Police Command, Mr Yenikoa was shot on Monday by some unknown assailants when he was parking his motorbike at home.
No arrest has been made yet, while investigations are ongoing.
Even though the reason for the alleged attack is yet to be ascertained, it is believed to be a spill-over from the long-standing disagreement between the Bunkpurugu/Yunyoo District Chief Executive, Hajia Mavis Bawa, and some NDC constituency executive members in the area.
The alleged shooting of Mr Yenikoa comes in the wake of other forms of internal wrangling within the NDC in some constituencies in the region.
Last weekend, there was disagreement between some youth groups at Karaga and the DCE for the area, resulting in the alleged harassment of some journalists who had gone there to cover an event.
And a couple of weeks ago, some youth groups of the party also chased away the MCE for the Yendi municipality, allegedly smashing the windshield of the constituency vehicle of the party.
The Northern Regional Secretary of the NDC, Alhaji Umar Issifu Alhassan, described the actions within a section of youth groups as most unfortunate.
He reminded them of the party’s internal structures for the redress of all grievances and advised all aggrieved members of the party to always channel their grievances through laid down procedures, instead of taking the law into their own hands at the slightest provocation.
Narrating the circumstances that led to the alleged murder of his wife, Osabarima Ayiripe alleged that Madam Asantewaa, a mother of six, was butchered in her house when she was on her way to have her bath around 6.30 a.m. last Saturday.
According to him, the assailant had targeted him and when he (the assailant) could not locate him, he allegedly killed his wife.
He said about three weeks ago, there had been a misunderstanding among him, the assembly member and another person now at large who had threatened to murder him and so he had reported the matter to the Begoro Police.
Osabarima Ayiripe stated that the police arrested the assembly member and the man on the run, took their statements and made them to sign an undertaking to be of good behaviour.
He said he was out of his palace around 6.30 a.m. last Saturday, April 3, when he heard that Teye had allegedly butchered his wife in her house so he rushed to the scene to find the woman lying dead in a pool of blood.
According to him, after the dastardly act, Teye took to his heels but the youth, who were attracted to the scene, chased and arrested him and sent him to the Begoro Police Station.
When contacted, the Begoro District Police Commander, who gave his name only as Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Reuben, confirmed on phone the alleged murder but refused to give details.
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