The Northern Regional Police Command has denied allegations that it carried out an operation in Yendi last Tuesday to effect the arrest of the Bolin Lana, Muhammadu Abdulai.
Refuting the allegations in an interview in Tamale yesterday, the Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Chief Inspector Ebenezer Tetteh, said “the police did not go there to make any arrest; our operations were exclusively for Gushiegu”.
In a dawn swoop in Yendi last Saturday, 41 people were arrested for their alleged involvement in the murder of the Dagbon Overlord, Ya-Na Yakubu Andani II, and a number of his elders which occurred on March 27, 2002.
Nine people who were later implicated in the case are currently facing trial at an Accra District Magistrate Court. They include the caretaker of the Bolin Lana, Mba Dugu Iddrisu Iddi.
Meanwhile, at the time of filing this report, Yendi was reported calm and people were going about their various businesses peacefully.
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