recurring clashes have proved futile<\/a>\u00a0b<\/span>ut, the Vice President has assured that\u00a0government will crash any attempt to escalate the conflict.<\/p>\nAddressing a meeting of chiefs and leaders from the Alavanyo-Nkonyo area, the Vice President said government will do all it can to end the decades old conflicts saying \u201cthe state will not allow one set of people in a community to subdue another set through the cause of arm because we have more arms than you have.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the Police and other security teams that have been detached to the area \u201chave more arms than the people in the community. They are better trained too,\u201d while cautioning the perpetrators of the conflict “disabuse their minds because we will not allow it to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Amissah-Arthur further\u00a0bemoaned the continuous commitment of resources by government to contain the conflicts.\u00a0in the area\u00a0saying\u00a0\u201cthe cost of the conflict is rather to high.”<\/p>\n
In a related development, the Ankobeahene of Nkonya Wurupong in the Volta Region, Nana Ampem Darko, has insisted that not all recorded crimes in the area are related to the Nkonya and Alavanyo dispute.<\/p>\n
Speaking at a crunch meeting to find a lasting solution to the Nkonya-Alavanyo conflict in Kpando, Nana Ampem Darko said the killings and atrocities within the two towns should not be purely viewed as criminal activities and that sometimes, they are not linked at all to the troubles there.<\/p>\n
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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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