The police administration is yet to confirm the death toll and the number of casualties, but some residents particularly women and children have fled the area.

[contextly_sidebar id=”Od9YbZAw19sDqu3cl6cLX1fSZcUe3b43″]The cause of the gunshots is yet to be established as tensions build up in the area. A similar situation occurred on November 17, 2017, over the siting of the capital of the yet to be created Yunyoo district.

Six arrested for attempting to smuggle weapons into Yunyoo

On Friday December 8, 2017, six suspected arms smugglers including a woman, were arrested for attempting to smuggle six pump action guns and 130 cartridges into Yunyoo.

The suspects are in police custody for further investigations.

Disagreements over the location of the capital of the yet to be created Yunyoo district is causing fear and panic around the Bunkprugu enclave.

Some are proposing Namong to be the capital, whilst others are pushing for Bunkprugu.

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Both Yakubu Abdulai for Gushiegu and J.K Alhassan for Bunkprugu today [Thursday], failed to secure 50% of the total votes cast.

In the case of the failed Gushiegu DCE nominee, Yakubu Abdulai polled nine out of 32 votes cast.

His counterpart in Bunkprugu/Yunyoo, J.K Alhassan, secured 17 out of 32 votes cast, which fell short of the requirement to warrant a second round voting.

The President would have to replace the two failed nominees to serve the people’s interest. The Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Saeed described their rejection as unfortunate.

He however commended residents of the two districts for using the confirmation processes to reject the nominees. Salifu Saeed called for peaceful co-existence to attract investors and development partners to the areas.

So far, the majority of the remaining 25 MMDCE nominees including those for Sagnarigu, Yendi, Zabzugu, Tatale-Sanguli, Ygaba-Kubori, Nanumba north and Nanumba south have been confirmed.

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This, according to the headteacher of Bunkprugu Senior High School, Mohammed Ayana, is affecting academic advancement there.

[contextly_sidebar id=”QBUDd2lYi4PjKFUlMFNEyO7zTN5xFORL”]He divulged this to citifmonline.com on the sidelines of the first anniversary of the Bimobas Peace and Unity Council, held at the forecourt of the Bunkprugu SHS.

According to him, 10 of his teaching staff who fled the area following a similar renewed clashes in 2015, have since not returned to their duty post.

 “Just after last year’s clashes, some of the teachers from south vacated post and have since not returned. Some of them applied for transfers and their requests were granted.”

 Peace Accord

Mohammed Ayana lauded the peace accord initiated by the Jamong and Jafog Bimoba clans dubbed, “Bloody burial” to strengthen peaceful coexistence.

He commended them for finally smoking the peace pipe saying, “We are overjoyed as a school because the school thrives in an atmosphere of peace.”

He advocated the peace accord’s sustainability to attract investors to the district. Mohammed Ayana thanked the Bunkprugu Constituency Member of Parliament, Hon. Solomon Boa for supporting the school management to solve some of its challenges.

He called for adequate infrastructure to accommodate more students when the “Free SHS” programme takes off in September 2017.

“One of my major priorities as the school head is to fence the school land to prevent encroachment,” he stated.

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The two clans in the past gained media prominence because of bloody clashes which resulted in several deaths, casualties and destruction of property worth millions of cedis.

As part of steps adopted to end the age-long protracted land dispute, some concerned youth from the two clans in 2016 jointly formed a Peace and Unity Council to cement their relationship.

Addressing the first anniversary of the Peace and Unity Council on Monday April 2017, Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Saeed, commended the two clans for smoking the peace pipe.

He reiterated government’s commitment to develop the area to an appreciable level and urged residents there to shun warmongers.

He invited development partners to liaise with the Bunkprugu/Yunyoo district assembly to uplift the area’s image.

He described poverty as the people’s common enemy, which required a multifaceted approach to deal with.

He assured them of the Regional Security Council in consultation with the Interior Ministry’s resolve to relax the curfew imposed on the area upon the traditional authorities request.

Salifu Saeed admonished the chiefs and people of Dagbon, Nanung and other hotspots in the Northern Region, to emulate the Jamong and Jafog clans’ peaceful coexistence.

By way of boosting the Bunkprugu Member of Parliament, Solomon Boa’s efforts, the Regional Minister on behalf of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo donated 50 packets of roofing sheets and Ghc5,000 cash to victims of the last clashes.

The Bunkprugu  legislator who doubles as Deputy Northern Regional Minister, Hon. Solomon Boa, touted the theme of the Anniversary, “Bloody burial” as a sigh of relief.

He commended the Jamong and Jafog clans’ headship for the initiative and pledged his support to sustain it. Mr. Boa assured his constituents of unprecedented development under the watch of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

Representatives of the Jamong and Jafog clans declared zero tolerance for renewed clashes in their localities.  Chairman of the Peace and Unity Council, Moisob Emmanuel, bemoaned some of their family relations’ exile in neighbouring Togo as a result of the past clashes.

He thanked his kinsmen for adopting dialogue as the panacea to resolving their differences.

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The directive, which takes effect from Tuesday, March 7, was contained in a statement signed by the sector minister, Ambrose Dery.

[contextly_sidebar id=”5UfiJ6gWe643rr0pPycLamlWq1CBSx7C”]The statement further urged all chiefs, opinion leaders, youth and people of the area to exercise restraint in the face of the challenges they are confronted with and use non-violent means to channel their grievances into ensuring the sustenance of peace in the area.

Meanwhile, there is a ban on all persons in the Bunkprugu Township and surrounding areas from carrying arms, ammunitions and offensive weapons.

It cautioned that any persons found with any arms will be arrested and prosecuted.

The township has been plagued by sporadic chieftaincy clashes between the Jamong and Jafog Biufmoba clans.

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The tour gave him the opportunity to propagate the achievements and aspirations of the current National Democratic Congress (NDC) government.

While addressing a rally to outdoor the NDC’s parliamentary candidate for the Bunkprugu constituency, Anthony Gingong, the Vice President called on constituents to endorse both the parliamentary candidate and President Mahama for more development.

“The only battle we are fighting is the battle of the thumb, we will go and thumb for Anthony Gingong, and we will go and thumb for president Mahama. We will not fight anybody, that’s the best advantage that you have” he said.

He cautioned them against political violence, saying Ghana has gone a long way in building her image as a peaceful country.

“Elections are for development and for our future; elections are for our children’s children. If we fight, there will be no money for roads, schools and hospitals; we will end up giving all the money, so we don’t want any fight” he added.

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By: Anass Seidu/citifmonline.con/Ghana

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