According to Police in the area, an unknown assailant laid ambush and shot at the security personnel, who were in the bush as part of measures to evict the nomadic herdsmen and their cattle.

[contextly_sidebar id=”st3TUTJOhNncZDDCfw7ga5AM3khVFAMZ”]The four are said to be responding to treatment at the Agogo Presbyterian Hospital.

The Agogo District Police Commander, ASP Samuel Azagu, who confirmed the shooting to Citi News, says no arrest has been made so far.

“As usual, they went to the bush on operations and an unknown assailant laid ambushed and fired at the operation team,” he noted.

Commenting on possible suspects, ASP Azagupolice said “obviously, you can’t rule out any other person, but obviously, we’ll say it is a Fulani man.”

He also said the police will call for reinforcements to the area to avert any possible escalation of tensions.

There was some backlash in Agogo towards the end of 2017 when cattle owners accused the District Security Council (DISEC) in the area of failing to give them prior notice before embarking on an operation to drive away their cattle from the town.

The owners claimed that the joint security task-force carrying out the operation has deliberately killed over a hundred cattle, and have sold out some to indigenes of the area.

Indigenes of Agogo and its environs for the past years have accused herdsmen of allowing their cattle to graze and destroy farmlands which are their only source of livelihood.

Some indigenes and herdsmen have died in a number of eruptions of violence related to the tensions.

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By: Hafiz Tijani/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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According to Citi News’ Volta Regional Correspondent, King Norbert Akpablie, there were clashes between the Fulani herdsmen and the Sokode Ando residents today [Wednesday], after they accused the herdsmen of killing a local resident on a farm two weeks ago.

The angry residents, wielding cutlasses and guns, have threatened to drive out all Fulani herdsmen out of the community.

They have also constructed roadblocks to check cars for Fulani herdsmen.

The police tried to intervene in the situation to protect some of the Fulani herdsmen, but this didn’t go down well with the locals, who they attacked the police officers.

One of the injured policemen sustained stab wounds, whilst three police rifles were also seized, and are still in the possession of the locals.

Citi News King Norbert indicated that, a mediation team has since been sent by the Ho Municipal Assembly to engage with the locals, as they threatened to hurt anyone who attempts to retrieve the guns.

Norbert added that, some police personnel from Anyrawase, also in the Volta Region, were also attacked after trying to rescue some other Fulani herdsmen under threat from locals.

“The police officers were attacked, their phones were seized and they were forced to abandon their cars in some bushes. Attempts are being made to tow the car” Norbert stated.

He added that, a police reinforcement has been dispatched from the Volta Regional Police Command to restore order.

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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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