About eight people lost their lives with several others sustaining injuries in separate reprisal attacks at Dwibease and Wheewhee communities about a fortnight ago.

[contextly_sidebar id=”xrcBznR7ej9FfmFyvXNWzImJu6xWwJiA”]Speaking on the Citi Breakfast show on Friday, Dr. Ampaw, who described the situation as very worrying, added that the doctors are usually recalled to the hospital even during their off-days to attend to such cases.

“The situation is very worrying because as medical practitioners we are called to attend to people who have been shot and sometimes people have been attacked with other implements. I can confirm that most of the bodies have been deposited at the hospital. Quite a number of them, I can recall just in the immediate past week, I have had the opportunity to attend to three gunshot injuries in the area.”

“When you see a gunshot injury, you have to be worried to find out whether it is from a miscreant or some other kind of persons. So when we verify that with the police, then we get to know that it is as a result of the clash that is happening in the area. I can remember attending to a local who was shot. Yesterday [Thursday], I even attended to a Fulani who was also shot.”

7 bodies deposited at morgue, more are Fulanis

He said in the recent incidents, most of the casualties reported at the hospital are mostly the Fulanis, adding that, seven bodies have so far been deposited at the Kwahu Government Hospital’s morgue.

“With regards to the bodies, I think the bigger casualty is from the Fulani side. I can count without any contradiction at least seven bodies that have been deposited in our morgue; and if you see the extent of injury that has been done to the body, even for myself as a medical officer, it is very worrying,” Dr. Ampaw added.

Reason for clash

The Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Ebenezer Tetteh, in a Citi News interview said some have blamed the reprisal attacks on alleged destruction of farmlands by the cattle belonging to the Fulani herdsmen.

“Reasons for the killings are yet to be known, but with the history between Fulani and residents in Kwahu, it can be linked to the destruction of farmlands by cattle.”

Scores flee communities

In a related development, there are reports that some residents have fled the communities because of the attacks.

E/Region: Operation cow leg returning to fight Fulani menace

Meanwhile, the Eastern Regional Security Council is considering a revival of ‘Operation Cow Leg’ to address conflicts between mostly local farmers and nomadic Fulani herdsmen.

As part of the operation, Police and Military will be deployed to patrol the Kwahu enclave to avert clashes.

This approach to fighting the menace in the era of then President Kufuor, has been criticized as not being effective.

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Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Olivia Adiku, the Western Regional Police Public Relations Officer, who confirmed the clash, named the victims as Salim Issah, Abdul Aziz, Aminu Sirinu, Abdul Rashid, Aminu Mohammed.

The rest are Alhassan Abdulai, Khassum Issah and Halifa Cissey.

She said at about at 0930 hrs on Thursday, the Sekondi Police received a distress call about the clash from some opinion leaders at Sekondi.

She said a police patrol team was immediately dispatched to the area to intervene and bring sanity to the area.

The police PRO revealed that a locally manufactured pistol together with two used BB cartridges, a knife and cutlasses were retrieved.

ASP Adiku said “seven people with various degrees of sharp object wounds later reported at the Sekondi Police Station”.

She said they were issued with Police medical forms to seek medical treatment and report for further action.

She said currently, a team of policemen have been deployed in the area to maintain law and order.

It would be recalled that a similar incident happened at the Sekondi Central Mosque when some residents of the Sekondi Zongo raided the worship place, attacked and inflicted cutlass wounds on some of the worshipers during the month of Ramadan.

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The injured, who sustained machete wounds, are currently receiving treatment at the Manhyia District Hospital.

The NPP supporters are reported to have attempted to take over the station following the party’s victory in the 2016 general elections.

According to Ashanti Regional Police Commander, DCOP Ken Yeboah, police had been in constant talks with both parties at the station to ensure sanity.

However, members of the NPP today [Thursday], reportedly invaded the station with weapons to fully take over the station.

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The regional capital, Cape Coast, is largely a fishing community with an estimated population of 170,00 people.

Cape Coast is historically known as the citadel of Ghanaian education and has most of the best senior high schools. The quality of education at the senior high level is in sharp contrast with that at the basic level due to many challenges faces the latter.

Poverty, which is the main reason contributing to the current state of education in the area, causes mass absenteeism, school dropouts and indiscipline.

Wonder Ami Hagan tells the heart-breaking story of Cape Coast in this documentary with the hope of getting immediate action taken on the issues.

The 97.3 Citi FM Hold My Hand Documentary Series is proudly sponsored by STAR GHANA.

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