{"id":391077,"date":"2018-01-12T16:16:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T16:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=391077"},"modified":"2018-01-12T16:19:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T16:19:39","slug":"over-200-security-personnel-dispatched-to-agogo-amid-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/over-200-security-personnel-dispatched-to-agogo-amid-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 200 security personnel dispatched to Agogo amid tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"
Government has dispatched about 200 personnel drawn from the military and police services to the Asante Akyem North and Sekyere Afram Plains districts of the Ashanti Region to flush out nomadic herdsmen who are reportedly terrorising residents of those areas.<\/p>\n
A statement signed by a Deputy Minister of Information, Curtis Perry Kwabia Okudzeto said the joint security team has been tasked to \u201cpush back the herdsmen from new areas they have occupied, arrest perpetrators of recent acts of violence for prosecution and augment the efforts of Operation Cowleg, an ongoing security operation aimed at dealing with the activities of herdsmen in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”IAxSnIBTyiBwN4J2EysDSNkboVspKGvF”]The statement also said a programme to \u201crestrict and ranch cattle will commence upon completion of this operation, to provide a long-term solution to the challenges associated with unrestricted cattle rearing.\u201d<\/p>\n