{"id":74683,"date":"2014-12-17T05:44:31","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T05:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=74683"},"modified":"2014-12-17T11:40:18","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T11:40:18","slug":"chief-murdered-in-zabzugu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=74683","title":{"rendered":"Chief murdered in Zabzugu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1418792035947_11793\" class=\"yiv3536734552MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1418792035947_11794\">The Chief of Salinkuga, a suburb of Zabzugu in the Northern Region has been murdered by unknown assailants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1418792035947_11684\" class=\"yiv3536734552MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1418792035947_11732\">According to a family source on grounds of anonymity, the late Naa Sumani Tigu was shot on Tuesday evening at about 8:30 pm .<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3536734552MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1418792035947_11732\">The cause of the incident is yet to be established.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1418792035947_11890\" class=\"yiv3536734552MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1418792035947_11889\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;PlOIJi9w5G8XK9nsdUklzsG5vsvYAfNp&#8221;]The source implied that the late Salinkuga Naa was shot twice on the thigh and one of the bullets penetrated through his abdomen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1418792035947_11887\" class=\"yiv3536734552MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1418792035947_11888\">The source revealed that he died in an ambulance on the way to the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3536734552MsoNormal\">Salinkuga, a village which is about eight miles away from Zabzugu Township is calm as security personnel are patrol the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3536734552MsoNormal\">The Northern Region has recorded a number of chieftaincy disputes that have left several people dead and others severely injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3536734552MsoNormal\">The late chief of Bimbilla, Naa Andani Yakubu <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/06\/26\/bimbila-naa-andani-finally-laid-to-rest\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>was also murdered by some unknown assailants<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>at his residence in June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3536734552MsoNormal\">\u00a0The murder and surrounding developments compelled the Minister of Interior, Mark Woyongo to <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/27\/curfew-on-bimbilla-towship-renewed\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>impose a curfew on the township.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3536734552MsoNormal\">The Overlord of Dagbon, Yaa Naa Yakubu Andani was also murdered in a similar fashion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv3536734552MsoNormal\">By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chief of Salinkuga, a suburb of Zabzugu in the Northern Region has been murdered by unknown assailants. According to a family source on grounds of anonymity, the late Naa Sumani Tigu was shot on Tuesday evening at about 8:30 pm . The cause of the incident is yet to be established. 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