{"id":267495,"date":"2016-11-12T12:12:24","date_gmt":"2016-11-12T12:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=267495"},"modified":"2016-11-12T12:12:24","modified_gmt":"2016-11-12T12:12:24","slug":"konkombas-fulanis-clash-in-nkwanta-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/konkombas-fulanis-clash-in-nkwanta-south\/","title":{"rendered":"Konkombas, Fulanis clash in Nkwanta South"},"content":{"rendered":"
Some Konkomba and Fulanis in Bawa, a farming community in the Nkwanta South District of the Volta Region have clashed in a violent attacks that have left some cattle dead.<\/p>\n
The clashes erupted yesterday [Friday November 11] after cattle herded by the Fulanis in the area destroyed food crops belonging to the Kokombas.<\/p>\n
According to a local reporter, Benjamin Owusu Obrempong, the agitated Konkomba carried arms and attacked the cattle leaving many dead.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Konkombas could not hold on to their peace and carried guns and attacked the Fulanis\u2019 animals in the bush and killed some of the animals.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Fulanis reportedly retaliated, but calm was subsequently restored to the area when the police was invited.<\/p>\n
The District Chief Executive for Nkwanta\u00a0South Alfred Kofi\u00a0Wukanye confirmed that peace has been restored in the area.<\/p>\n
He said, he, together with the District Police Command went to the area to ensure that the misunderstanding between the two groups was settled.<\/p>\n
Residents had resumed the usual work activities as at press time.<\/p>\n
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By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Some Konkomba and Fulanis in Bawa, a farming community in the Nkwanta South District of the Volta Region have clashed in a violent attacks that have left some cattle dead. The clashes erupted yesterday [Friday November 11] after cattle herded by the Fulanis in the area destroyed food crops belonging to the Kokombas. According to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":116537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[2233,1785,3,13540],"yoast_head":"\n