{"id":383605,"date":"2017-12-15T14:19:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T14:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=383605"},"modified":"2017-12-15T14:19:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T14:19:35","slug":"nr-minister-charges-police-to-crack-down-on-weapons-smugglers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/nr-minister-charges-police-to-crack-down-on-weapons-smugglers\/","title":{"rendered":"N\/R Minister charges police to crack down on weapons smugglers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Saeed has tasked law enforcement agencies in the region to intensify their surveillance efforts and clamp down on the activities of arms smugglers.<\/p>\n<p>He attributed recent killings in some parts of the region, including Kalampor and Najong Number 1 in the East Gonja and Bunkprugu\/Yunyoo districts respectively, to the proliferation of unlicensed weapons which the police administration has revealed, is on the rise.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;WRkLGIf9X2JAwLN35BChRTVGOnnVlvV3&#8243;]Salifu Saeed gave the order when he led members of the Regional Security\u00a0 Council (REGSEC), to the troubled Kalampor community where six persons, including three children, <a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/06\/six-feared-dead-chieftaincy-clash-east-gonja\/\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>were killed<\/strong><\/span><\/a> by unknown assailants.<\/p>\n<p>He condemned the recent killings and called for a ceasefire and the reinforcement of security personnel in all the identified hotspots.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Saeed, who doubles as the REGSEC Chairman consoled the bereaved families at Kalampor and reassured them of improved security.<\/p>\n<p>The team inspected the homes and other valuables that had been destroyed by the unknown assailants, whose motive is suspected to be linked to a chieftaincy dispute in the area.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-383642\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Karim1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Karim1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Karim1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An opinion leader in the Kalampor community, Dramani Majeed, told the REGSEC members that the assailants stormed the area and sporadically shot into a number of houses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The perpetrators raided the community at about 5:10am on the day of the incident after they observed their dawn prayers. After the prayers I had a discussion with my uncle in the house and about time they realized a gunshot aimed at them and disclosed further that the bullet had hit his uncle and thereby he rushed to his room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-383644\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Karim2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Karim2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Karim2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He narrated further that, &#8220;After the first shot, there was continuous firing and one of his brothers also heard it and started moving towards his house and it was there a second person was shot dead. He added the perpetrators were firing all over the community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was there I decided to hide through the window and it was there I saw some of the attackers. They were in war dress and I saw one of them in police uniform but actually I can\u2019t identify him. There were other two people among the attackers I identified; they were Mahamudu from Kafaba and Sulemana. In fact, the people were many and they were just shooting and in the process they set these houses ablaze,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-383645\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Karim3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Karim3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Karim3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The REGSEC also visited the Kafaba community where the chief, Kafabawura Seidu Yahaya Nyosumu V rejected claims that the assailants were from the area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are 10 communities under my jurisdiction and therefore it will be difficult to determine which individuals went to attack the people of Kalampor,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kafabawura Seidu Yahaya accused the people of Kalampor of attacking the Kafaba community in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Saeed has tasked law enforcement agencies in the region to intensify their surveillance efforts and clamp down on the activities of arms smugglers. 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