Military and police reinforcement has been despatched to Karaga to contain violence which erupted over the nomination of a new District Chief Executive for the Karaga District in the Northern Region.
The reinforcement was necessitated by the fact that police personnel sent to Karaga to maintain law and order were chased away by irate members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), who were said to have gone on the rampage because they were not pleased with the nomination of Mr Hussein Issah Sulemana as the new DCE.
About six months ago, the district chief executives for Karaga, Yendi and Bunkpurugu/Yunyoo were relieved of their posts by President John Atta Mills after protest against them by some youth groups in their respective areas.
After the announcement of the nomination of the new DCE on Friday August 27, 2010, a faction of the youth group of the party alleged to be supporters of the former chief executive, Alhaji Mohammed Abdulai Sandow, allegedly clashed with those of the current nominee leading to injuries to people on both sides and destruction of property.
Supporters of Alhaji Sandow accused those of Mr Sulemana of being responsible for the agitation that led to the removal of the former DCE from office.
Addressing the meet-the-press series in Tamale yesterday, the Northern Regional Minister, Mr Moses Mabengba, said calm had returned to Karaga and declared the resolve of the Regional Security Council to ensure the arrest of the perpetrators of the disturbances.
“Wherever they are, we shall pursue and arrest them,” he said.
He condemned the action of the irate NDC members who went on the rampage in Karaga and said it was high time such miscreants were brought to book and made to answer for their actions.
As of the time of filing this report, the DCE nominee who is also the Karaga Constituency Secretary of the NDC was said to be in Tamale consulting with the party executives.
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