{"id":189256,"date":"2016-02-12T13:10:08","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T13:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=189256"},"modified":"2016-02-12T13:10:08","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T13:10:08","slug":"national-chief-imam-intervenes-in-tafo-clashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/national-chief-imam-intervenes-in-tafo-clashes\/","title":{"rendered":"National Chief Imam intervenes in Tafo clashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The National Chief Imam, Sheik Usman Nuhu Sharubutu, has expressed worry about\u00a0the\u00a0developments at\u00a0Tafo, the Kumasi\u00a0suburb where locals have clashed with Muslim youth over a piece of cemetery land.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The national Muslim leader has been meeting with Muslim leaders in the community\u00a0in an attempt to calm tensions. He will also be meeting with the Tafo Chief and other opinion leaders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Citi News <\/strong>checks indicate the Chief Imam has already met with the Ashanti Regional Chief Imam, Abdul Mumin and the Zongo Chief, Alhaji Seidu Chibsa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-189267\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160212043911.jpg\" alt=\"20160212043911\" width=\"600\" height=\"417\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He is now set to meet the chief of Tafo,\u00a0Nana Agyen Frimpong \u00a0II, and some traditional leaders at his palace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Chief Imam is also expected to lead Friday prayers in the troubled Kumasi suburb later today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-189268\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160212043911-1.jpg\" alt=\"20160212043911 (1)\" width=\"600\" height=\"378\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The National Peace Council has also been meeting with the Muslim Youth and their elders as well as non-Muslims in the area. The council says it is also\u00a0working with the Police to bring all culprits to book.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The clash<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/contextly.com\/redirect\/?id=g6JY5NHqq4:189139:2934:13::Mez417QoFjq2fQmE0DmbjlK77:sidebar:56bdcdf252ff43-01654609\">Clashes in the area<\/a><\/span><\/strong> over a piece of cemetery land led to the death of 25 year old Aminu Suleman while scores of residents were wounded and property destroyed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Already, some <strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2016\/02\/12\/tafo-disturbances-over-40-suspects-to-be-screened\/\">40 persons have been arrested<\/a><\/span><\/strong> in connection with the incident.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The attack extended to the destruction of property in churches and a mosque.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ashanti Regional Security Council subsequently placed a dusk to dawn curfew on the town which it says will be reviewed as and when the situation changes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Chief Imam, Sheik Usman Nuhu Sharubutu, has expressed worry about\u00a0the\u00a0developments at\u00a0Tafo, the Kumasi\u00a0suburb where locals have clashed with Muslim youth over a piece of cemetery land. 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