The Northern Regional Security Council (RECSEC), has dispatched a combined police and military team to troubled Bumbruriga, a farming community in the Chereponi district of the Northern Region.<\/p>\n
A renewed clash between Chokosis and Bimobas on Easter Friday, resulted in the burning of several houses.<\/p>\n
According to the Yendi District Police Commander, DSP Patrick Kwapong, nobody died, but several casualties were recorded.<\/p>\n
He told Citi News<\/strong> calm has been restored, and assured residents there of maximum security. He advised the media to always give accurate and objective reportage on conflict situations.<\/p>\n The cause of the renewed clash is yet to be established, but a resident there on grounds of anonymity said he suspects a reprisal attack from one side of the combatants saying, \u201cA similar clash occurred here last year.\u201d<\/p>\n He narrated that, the Chokosis and Bimobas in that community have been at loggerhead over ownership of a portion of the Oti River that passes through the community.<\/p>\n Apart from subsistence farming, fishing is the economic mainstay of the people.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n