A police officer, General Constable Oppong Damoah Seth, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen during the incident, which occurred at about 11:30 pm on Sunday, December 28, at the Karimenga Police Checkpoint. Two other officers sustained serious injuries.

According to police sources, the assailants initially ambushed a bus in the area, triggering a distress call. Police personnel who responded to the call reportedly managed to foil the attack, forcing the gunmen to flee into the surrounding bush.

However, the attackers later regrouped and returned to launch a second assault on the Karimenga Police checkpoint.

During the renewed attack, General Constable Oppong Damoah Seth, who was seated at the checkpoint, was shot in the head from behind and died instantly. Two other officers who returned fire were also shot in the legs.

The injured officers are currently receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital.

The incident occurred near Walewale township on Tuesday, December 16. The injured, identified as the driver and a passenger, are currently receiving treatment at Walewale Hospital.

The bus, operated by Great Imperial Express and bearing registration number GY 3199-21, is believed to have been targeted in connection with local tensions in the area.

The police have confirmed the attack and are investigating the motive while working to identify the perpetrators.

More details will follow.

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The patient, 30-year-old Sambor Umar, was admitted with serious injuries following an assault in Wulugu in the North East Region, where he was accused of attempting theft.

Medical staff say he arrived unconscious on December 1 and required intensive care during his first few days of admission.

However, what began as a routine emergency case quickly escalated into a major welfare and logistical challenge for the facility.

Despite repeated phone calls and outreach attempts, the man’s family and community members allegedly refused to respond to the hospital’s invitations or take responsibility for his continued care.

A senior hospital administrator said all attempts to engage his relatives proved futile.

“He was brought here on Monday last week,” Senior Nurse Simon Jabik narrated.

“He was assaulted, and the ambulance brought him. When he came, he was unconscious with cutlass wounds on his body. We managed and resuscitated him, and he is a bit stable now. But we are struggling to get in contact with any family member so we can discharge him and send him back to his family.”

“He is now a challenge to us. Our ward is small; there is no space. We have people who need urgent care, and we don’t have space for them.”

The reasons behind the community’s refusal remain unclear, though hospital staff and a local social welfare officer say there are indications the man may have been disowned prior to the assault.

His elder brother reportedly refused to respond to the hospital’s calls, citing a previous incident in which he was arrested after standing surety for him in a theft case. The Assemblyman and the community chief also declined to intervene.

With no guardian available to take responsibility, and with limited resources to keep a non-critical patient indefinitely, hospital authorities say they had no choice but to discharge him.

The hospital is appealing to the Social Welfare Directorate to provide temporary accommodation or support services for the patient.

The suspects have been identified as 18-year-old Mohammed Basit and 22-year-old Baba Rasid.

A police statement revealed that the suspects entered the officer’s room around 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 17, 2025, while he was away, and took his firearm and ammunition.

The stolen items included a Smith & Wesson pistol loaded with ten rounds of ammunition, along with two CZ rifle magazines, each loaded with 30 rounds.

The statement, signed by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Robert Anabik Anmain of the North East Regional Police Public Relations Unit, explained that the suspects were arrested through intelligence-led operations in Kperiga, a suburb of Walewale.

The stolen weapon and ammunition were also discovered hidden in a stationary vehicle.

The duo are currently in custody and are expected to be put before court.

Below is the full statement:

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Residents have been expressing discontent with the 6 pm to 6 am curfew, asserting that it is an ineffective measure to address the underlying issues of insecurity and crime along the Bawku, Bolga, Walewale, and Tamale highways.

According to the Minister, his vehicle was vandalized, and he was held hostage at the Walewale Palace for over two hours on Saturday.

In an interview on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem, Mr. Ibrahim revealed he was engaging chiefs and relevant stakeholders about the curfew when the incident occurred.

“I was engaging the palace when the youth began massing up. They were outside pelting stones, and we could no longer contain it. My car was vandalized, and I was held hostage in the palace for more than two hours until a joint police and military team came in to rescue me. I had to leave because I was not safe,” he said.

Acknowledging that the escalating insecurity in the area was a result of the ongoing Bawku crisis, Mr. Ibrahim urged calm among residents while searching for lasting solutions.

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Accra-based Citi News reported that the bus was travelling from Kumasi to Garu on Thursday, February 13, 2025.

Midway through the journey, they were ambushed by unknown armed men after making a stop in front of the ADB Bank in Walewale.

It is unclear what triggered the deadly attack but it has been linked to the ongoing Bawku conflict which has so far claimed the lives of over 50 people.

The latest ghastly incident follows another on February 11, 2025, where three passengers were killed, and their bus was set ablaze near Wulugu on the Bolgatanga-Tamale highway.

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]]> https://www.adomonline.com/scores-injured-in-walewale-after-alleged-military-brutality/ Wed, 15 Jan 2025 06:33:44 +0000 https://www.adomonline.com/?p=2493014 Dozens of residents in Walewale, North East Region, have reportedly sustained severe injuries after a violent crackdown by armed military personnel.

Witnesses claim the soldiers ordered people to lie face down before beating them with wire cans, while others were forced to roll on the ground and tortured with an object described as mesh wire.

Many victims suffered severe lacerations and fractures, with at least two receiving treatment from a traditional bone specialist.

The motive behind the rampage remains unclear, though a police source linked it to the recent burning of a truck transporting vegetables from Missiga to Kumasi, allegedly tied to the ongoing Bawku conflict.

Victims recounted harrowing experiences, stating that soldiers in armoured vehicles raided shops and gathering spots, forcing people to the ground and assaulting them with wire cans and gun butts.

Even workers at their shops and a group of NDC supporters resting in a pavilion were reportedly brutalised.

“I still don’t know why they beat me,” said a 34-year-old motorbike mechanic who, along with his customers, was attacked while working.

A 67-year-old NDC supporter accused the military commander of ordering the operation based on false allegations, denying any involvement in the arson attack on the truck.

He called on NDC leadership in the region to intervene and demand an investigation into the soldiers’ actions.

The incident has left the town reeling, with calls for accountability and justice for the victims growing louder.

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The convict, Alhassan Abdulai, alias “Borga Lasco” is said to have lured the victim with GH₵10 and defiled her at a local eatery joint.

The court presided over by Francis Ayamwuni Asobayire on Thursday, January 9, 2025, and sentenced Abdulai after finding him guilty of the offense.

The facts of the case as presented in court are that the convict is from Langbinsi in the East Mamprusi Municipality but resides in Walewale plying his trade.

In October 2024, Abdulai who is a regular customer of a local eatery joint went to buy food and met only the victim at the joint.

He lured her with GH₵10, dragged her into a corner and defiled her. Unable to withstand the pain, the victim reported the incident to her parents who lodged a complaint at the police station.

He was subsequently arrested by the West Mamprusi Municipal Police Command and put before court.

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The arrest follows an intelligence-led operation by the West Mamprusi Police Command.

The bags of cocoa beans are believed to have been transported from southern Ghana to the north ostensibly to be smuggled outside of Ghana as part of a syndicate that smuggles cocoa beans to neighbouring countries.

Acting on the tip-off, the police raided the private residence on Sunday, November 17, 2024, and confiscated the cocoa beans.

Graphic Online understands that a suspect, who was at the private residence initially obstructed the police by denying them access to the room where the cocoa beans were being stored.

The officers, however, forced their way into the premises and successfully confiscated the goods, Graphic Online gathered.

Police sources have told Graphic Online that the suspect has remained uncooperative, refusing to disclose critical details, including how the goods were transported to Walewale and the intended smuggling route.

The seized goods are now in police custody as investigations continue.

The incident comes on the back of recent reports of smuggling of cocoa beans from Ghana to neighbouring countries.

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Also, a party member has also been suspended for similar misconduct.

All three have been directed to hand over any party materials in their possession pending further investigations.

The suspension notice was issued by Fuseini Nurudeen, the party’s Regional Chairman.

This development follows a recent ruling by the High Court in Tamale, which ordered a re-run of the Walewale constituency parliamentary primary.

The court cited irregularities, impersonation, and over-voting as reasons for nullifying the previous election.

In light of the court’s decision, the NPP’s General Secretary, Justin Frimpong Kodua announced on Monday afternoon that the party has scheduled the re-run.

The nomination period will open on Tuesday, September 3, 2024, and close on Thursday, September 5, with the election set to take place on Sunday, September 8, 2024.

Source: Adomonline

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In the controversial election, a staffer at the Office of the Vice President, Dr. Kabiru Tia Mahama won by a narrow margin, defeating the incumbent MP, Hajia Lariba Abudu, with just 7 votes.

However, the MP immediately rejected the results and filed a writ at the High Court alleging incontrovertible irregularities, including wrongful determination of spoilt ballots, over voting and participation in the election by people who had died.

In her reliefs, Hajia Abudu sought, among other reliefs, that the court annuals the results of the January primaries, or alternatively, should order a recount and validate spoilt ballots, which the plaintiff believed, many were her votes, but wrongly declared spoilt.

Summary of Judgment

Presided over by His Lordship Richard Mac Kogyapwah, a Justice of the Court of Appeal sitting with additional responsibility as a High Court Judge, the court ruled in favour of the plaintiff (the incumbent MP) granting three of her reliefs.

In effect, the court agreed with the plaintiff that the January election was fraught with irregularities and flagrant violations of the electoral rules and regulations such as the participation of dead delegates, impersonation, and multiple voting in the polls for which reason the said elections are of no legal effect and are null and void.

The three reasons or reliefs the court granted to the plaintiff (incumbent MP) and leading to the ultimate annulment are as follows:

1. A declaration that the results of the New Patriotic Party’s Parliamentary Primaries of the Walewale Constituency held on the 27th of January, 2024 were illegally declared by an unknown person who was not the officially assigned Electoral Commission official at a time when the controversy surrounding the 19 spoilt ballots had not been resolved thereby impugning the integrity of the purported results.

2. A declaration that the 27th January 2024 NPP’s Parliamentary Primaries in the Walewale Constituency was shrouded in irregularities and flagrant violations of the electoral rules and regulations such as overvoting and the participation of dead delegates in the polls for which reason the said elections are of no legal effect and are null and void.

3. An order of the court annulling the purported results of the 27th January 2024 NPP Parliamentary Primaries in the Walewale Constituency and a further order for a re-run of the said elections.

Abandoned Reliefs

In the writ, the Plaintiff also had alternative reliefs, and in the course of proceedings, she abandoned the following reliefs:

1. An order of the Court for the ballots to be brought to court and recounted and where the ballots have been tampered with or cannot be procured an order for the re-run of the polls.

2. A declaration that when the 19 alleged spoiled ballots are scrutinised properly some of those ballots are valid votes in favour of the Plaintiff and when added to the valid votes cast in Plaintiff’s favour, Plaintiff will emerge as the winner of the polls.

Full reasoned judgment will be delivered on 12th September 2024.

Source: Myjoyonline

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This follows a court session on March 15, during which the party asked the court to dismiss the case, but their request was turned down and fined GH¢8000.

The incumbent MP, Lariba Zuweira Abudu filed the case against her close contender, Dr Abdul-Karibu Tia Mahama after losing the election on January 28, 2024.

Dr Mahama, a presidential staffer won with 343 votes, while Madam Abudu who doubles as the Minister for Gender, Children, and Social Protection secured 334.

Dissatisfied with the outcome, the first-time MP has filed an ex-parte motion in a Tamale High Court challenging the results.

She sought a restraining order against the winner from holding himself as the NPP parliamentary candidate-elect for constituency.

But on Wednesday, the court heeded their plea with the parties expected to return on May 23.

In an interview after the hearing, NPP Director of Elections Evans Nimako said they were grateful to the court.

“We’ve appealed to the court to allow the party to resolve it in-house after which we will come back to report our terms of resolution. The party’s leadership in its entirety is here to ensure that we have peace in Walewale constituency.”

“Internal elections are internal elections and we’ve always done it. We always have a way of resolving our issues after which we submit candidates for elections. We’re looking forward to a bigger picture of winning the 2024 elections,” he told Citi News.

He added, “Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is from the constituency…so we are doing everything possible within the party’s means to ensure that we have a party in Walewale that is going to win the seat and also ensure that Dr Mahamudu Bawumia becomes the next president come January 7, 2025.”

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The victim, identified as Rabiu, has since been rushed to the Walewale Government hospital.

Eyewitnesses say the attack occurred at a busy bus station near the Nalerigu junction along the Tamale Bolga Road in the centre of the Walewale township.

The eyewitnesses further confirmed the gunmen numbered about three arrived on motorbikes and fire sporadic warning shots before targeting the young operator with gunshots.

The Municipal Chief Executive, Aremeyaw Somo Lucky, confirmed the attack whilst adding the police had launched a manhunt for the perpetrators.

“I have just been informed about 5 minutes ago,” the MCE told JoyNews’ Regional Correspondent.

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This has resulted in the hospitalisation of at least six individuals, including a six-year-old child, in Walewale.

The unprovoked attack has prompted heightened security measures, with both police and military personnel taking control of the Walewale-Bolgatanga highway to ensure public safety.

Authorities are investigating the incident to apprehend the perpetrators and maintain order in the affected area.

The victims, recovering in a hospital in Walewale, are receiving medical attention following the traumatic attack.

The motives behind the assault remain unclear, and law enforcement agencies are actively working to gather information and bring those responsible to justice.

On Monday, January 22, a tragic incident unfolded in Bawku as six people lost their lives in a fresh attack.

Gunmen ambushed a bus en route to a market in Binduri, opening fire indiscriminately on the vehicle.

The victims, comprising two males and four females, fell victim to the sudden and violent attack, marking a disturbing turn of events in the area.

This unfortunate incident occurred after a period of relative calm in the town, highlighting the precarious security situation in the region.

The attack took place 48 hours after a brief respite, raising concerns about the persistence of violence in the area.

Such incidents emphasise the need for concerted efforts to address underlying issues contributing to insecurity and to ensure the safety of residents in volatile areas like Bawku.

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Identified as Salifu Abdulai alias Expensive, it is suspected he was killed by some unknown assailants at Walewale in the West Mamprusi Municipality.

The deceased is said to have been beaten to pulp and dumped near the Walewale cemetery on Sunday evening.

His body was spotted by a passerby, who rushed him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Graphic Online reported that, the deceased had a heated confrontation with the assailants, who reportedly attacked him, resulting in his death.

The Municipal Chief Executive for West Mamprusi, Issahaku Aremeyaw Somo, who confirmed the incident to Graphic Online, said the police are investigating the incident.

“We understand he had a misunderstanding with the suspects, and they attacked and beat him mercilessly, leading to his death. We are saddened by the incident and the police have since intensified investigations to apprehend the suspects,” he said.

An eyewitness said the deceased was found lying motionless around 7 pm Sunday.

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The drivers say the attack is the latest in series of incidents that have threatened their livelihood and made them scared of transporting passengers to Bawku and other parts of the North.

The Ghana Police Service has launched a manhunt for the persons who shot into the bus and set it ablaze. One person was killed and several others were injured in the attack.

The incident has caused panic among the drivers at the Suame bus terminal, who say they are now being targeted by people who want to prevent them from travelling to Bawku and other areas of the North.

One of the Chairmen at the bus terminal, Anasara George Akolgo, says the incident has left drivers devastated.

“All of us were very shocked by what happened in Walewale because we had loaded the bus yesterday evening bound for Bawku, and it was attacked in Walewale and the people even followed the bus to the police station and burnt it, and we don’t understand why anytime there is a problem in Bawku, then the Walewale people begin to misbehave with us.

“We have suspended services to Bawku, and we want the government and the IGP to step in and solve it amicably because what is happening is intimidation to us because most of the drivers are panicking.”

He also alleged that some people are now going from one station to the other tracking travellers to Bawku and attacking them during the journey.

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The incidents have resulted in the loss of lives and life-threatening injuries over the past months.

The police in the area appear helpless, as they complain about the lack of the necessary logistics to deal with the menace.

Mobile money vendors, motorbike riders, commuters and market women are the biggest prey of the robbers.

Residents said the municipality had become a safe haven for the criminals, many of whom hid in uncompleted structures and bushes to track down their victims, particularly in areas such as Kukua-zugu, Wulugu and Sayoo.

Walewale, which is a major transit point with an active night life, has now been turned into a ghost town after 9 p.m. due to the now common robbery cases.

No patrol vehicles

Sources told the Daily Graphic that the local police command lacked basic logistics and personnel to fight the menace.

The command is said to have only one patrol vehicle for operational duties, with a number of its vehicles broken down for some time now.

The source said, “we are just helpless; all our patrol vehicles have broken down, so we have only one vehicle, which is not enough for operations”.

Latest incidents

In the opening two weeks of the year alone, four persons have been killed in as many robbery adventures, with others injured, some seriously, in the escapades.

On January 1, 2023, two suspected armed robbers were lynched by the residents of Sayoo, a suburb of Walewale.

The two were part of a gang that opened fire on a bus, with registration number AC 393-22, which was travelling from Bawku in the Upper East Region to Accra, when the bus reached the community.

Another robber was shot dead in a separate case, while two others sustained injuries in a similar robbery attack at the outskirts of Walewale along the Walewale-Tamale road last Thursday.

Some residents who spoke to the Daily Graphic expressed worry about the increasing spate of robbery attacks in the area and said the menace was taking a toll on their lives because it had created fear and panic among them, particularly traders and road users.

“In fact, there is insecurity in the town and everybody is living in fear. Armed robbers always attack and rob people of their valuables; some people have even lost their lives through robbery attacks,” a resident of Walewale, Shaibu Alhassan, said.

Another resident, Amina Yussif, called on the police to strengthen security in the area to curb crimes and ensure the safety of the residents.

MUSEC meeting

The Chief Executive of the West Mamprusi Municipal Assembly, Issahaku Aremeyaw Somo, said the Municipal Security Council (MUSEC) was convening a meeting to deliberate on measures to clamp down on the menace.

He, meanwhile, appealed to the residents to support the security agencies to fight the robbery by volunteering relevant information that would assist the police to investigate and apprehend suspects.

The suspect, Solomon Awunibiliga, is said to have abducted the girl from Walewale and absconded.

The suspect, Solomon Awunibiliga, is reported to have kidnapped the young child to Mirigu, a farming community in the Kasena-Nakana Municipality in the Upper East Region where he was apprehended after police received intelligence.

The victim is said to have gone missing two weeks ago after she went to school and did not return home.

Her disappearance caused fear and panic at Walewale, as relatives and friends explore every nook and cranny of the municipality but efforts proved futile.

Confirming the news to Graphic Online, the North East Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Robert Annabik Anmain, said the suspect was picked up at his hideout at Mirigu.

He has since been detained in custody at Walewale to assist with investigations.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the mother of the suspect was said to have asked him to get her a grandchild before she died, otherwise he should never step foot at her funeral ground.

To satisfy the demands of his mother, the suspect reportedly visited Walewale and lured the child who had closed from school and was returning home.

“Our investigations so far revealed that he (the suspect) met the child returning from school and he lured her that he was taking her to her mother but boarded a vehicle and took her to his village called Mirigu in the Kasena-Nankana Municipality in the Upper East Region,” he said.

According to him, the police are still investigating the matter and that the suspect had been charged with child stealing and would be processed for court.

ASP Anmain indicated that the child had since reunited with her family after a medical check-up at the Walewale Municipal Hospital.

He further expressed concern over the increasing spate of kidnapping cases in the region.

He advised parents to be wary of unknown individuals parading in their communities.

There have been growing incidents of kidnap-for-ransom in the region which have become a major security threat in the area.

Last year, about 10 cases of kidnapping were recorded in the region, with most of the cases happening at Mamprugu/Moaduri.

The groom-to-be has been identified as N’yaaba Abudu Nkrumah Yiri Duu.

 His brides-to-be are; John Ama, N’giwani Lariba, Issaka Nabla and Alobgiya Lariba

The ceremony has been scheduled for February 26, 2022, at Tila’amtum Park.

This comes a few weeks after viral reports of Chief of Zuarungu Moshei in the Bolgatanga East District, Alhaji Abdulai Mumuni, getting married to three women.

According to him, he made the decision after deliberate planning for two years in a bid to cut cost, adding it took a great deal of effort to convince his partners for the joint wedding.

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However, with this development at Walewale, N’Yaaba will break the record of Osman Hafiz, a businessman who married three women; Yidana Sikena, Ali Karima and Yakubu Huzeima.

The ceremony took place on November 23, 2019, at Barzini’s House at Walewale.

Noting the electronic transaction, particularly mobile money services, as the means of safeguarding their capital, the residents said the levy’s passage will have adverse implications, including the collapse of their businesses.

Speaking to JoyNews, a fridge technician, Hamidu Abakar, said implementing the levy will put pressure on his little income.

“As for the E-levy, we don’t want it today; we don’t want it tomorrow. So we want the Vice President, [Dr Bawumia] to come out and tell the Majority to stop pushing for it,” he stated.

One Civil Servant, Mohammed Rabiw, believed that the tax policy is regressive and should be aborted immediately.

“It [E-levy] is not the solution to Ghana’s problems. Are they [government] telling us that they will not add extra taxes next year if they pass this levy? I think they are just finding the easiest way out.

“Our senior brother, Dr Bawumia, has even said that it is not good to tax MoMo, so are we saying that all that he was telling us were lies?” he quizzed.

Adding his voice, a former Northern Region Minister, Abubakari Abdallah, sent what he described as “an important word” to Dr Bawumia.

According to him, the Walewale constituency is a prime location for armed robbers, especially on market days; thus, traders can secure their business capital by saving it on mobile money.

In view of that, imposing the 1.75% tax will only intensify the hardships of these traders.

“When market women travel to and from the big markets in the region, they are rampantly attacked by robbers where they lose their capital. The only haven for these women is to elude the robbers by saving on their momo wallets.

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“So if the policy is good for everyone in Ghana, I would want to remind my big brother that tax is not good for his people in the Walewale area, so he should reconsider,” he intimated.

He further noted that the desperate attempt to impose the tax policy on the citizenry exposes the government’s incompetence.

“Nobody needs to tell you that this government is desperate. They have mismanaged the economy, and their performance so far is so abysmal and appalling that they have decided to look everywhere and anywhere for money,” he said.

The EC officer, identified as Wisdom, was attacked at about 10:00 pm as he was returning home from an errand.

The robbers, who attempted to steal his motorbike, shot him in the thigh but he managed to escape the scene despite having sustained an injury.

He was later rushed to the Walewale Government Hospital for treatment.

According to his relatives, the officer has since been left in pain as there is no doctor to attend to him.

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The officer, who managed to speak to JoyNews, said nurses at the facility have advised him to seek local treatment since they do not know when the doctor will report to work.

Touring the facility on Tuesday, at the commencement of his two-day tour of the North East Region, the President visited Champion Foods and Beverages Limited, a wholly-owned Ghanaian beverage manufacturing, distribution and marketing company.

The President was informed that the company is employing the use of PET line technology, as compared to the Tetra Packs technology, and it is being financed with a facility from the Ghana EXIM Bank.

With minor construction works to be undertaken, President Akufo-Addo was informed that the overall project is 90% complete, with offices and staff accommodation at 80% completion, and plant, equipment, and machinery all on-site ready to be installed.

Full operationalisation of the factory has been deferred to March 2022, with the company having installed 10 metric tonnes per hour facility.

It is expected that, upon completion, the company will create direct employment opportunities for 300 Ghanaians and over 2,000 indirect workers, including farmers and aggregators, to be engaged in an out-grower scheme, covering parts of North East, Northern and other Regions of the country.

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1D1F Tamana Rice Factory

The President also visited Tamanaa Company Limited, a rice farming and processing company located at Nasia near Walewale, which is also operating under Government’s one-District-one-Factory initiative.

As a result of the support received from the government, the company has been able to expand its operations, by adding a 250-metric ton per day rice milling facility, to its already existing 40 metric ton per day plant.

So far, some 148 workers have been employed, with the company generating a turnover of some $1.5 million annually. The company markets 60% of its rice as parboiled and the remaining 40% as non-parboiled under the brand name Nasia Star Rice.

Tamanaa company currently engages over 4,000 rice farmers and aggregators operating in the West Mamprusi, East Mamprusi, Savulugu, Nanton and Mamprugu-Moagduri Districts.

The man, according to reports, was found lying by a bridge on the road leading to Walewale on Saturday morning.

While details of the incident remain sketchy, the Assembly Member, Issah Abdul Gafaru, confirmed the incident.

Though the body is yet-to-identified, a voter identity card and NHIS card found on him had the name Kwabena Daniel.

Meanwhile, the Electoral Commission Officer in the area has identified the voters identity card to be from Kpandai in the Northern Region.

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The body has since been deposited at the Walewale Mortuary awaiting autopsy and identification.

The robbers were arrested by residents of a nearby community after they injured two riders and exchanged gunfire with a police officer who run into the attack.

The municipal police commander, DSP Cosmos Awe, confirming to JoyNews, said the police officer, who was also wounded in the attack together with the other victims, were rushed to the Walewale government hospital for treatment.

“The attack happened earlier in the night but we never had information about the attack. It was about 12:45 am, I had a call from a colleague in Bolga, who said he has received information that three suspected thieves were arrested and kept at the chief’s palace and needed assistance,” he told JoyNews’ Eliasu Tanko.

He said that the witness, who raised the alarm for the robbers’ arrest, said he overheard them talk about assaulting the police officer.

DSP Awe stated that the robbers were initially arrested without any belonging but their motorbikes were later retrieved.

He added that the suspects have been remanded into police custody by a Circuit Court in Tamale for further investigations.

They are believed to have carried out coordinated robbery attacks on two major highways in the West Mamprusi Municipality on Saturday.

The robbers according to the police, first attacked a passenger vehicle traveling on the Walewale – Nalerigu road from Techiman to Bunkprugu.

They robbed its occupants of a total sum of GH₵200,000 and other personal valuables.

The police said the robbers also blocked the Walewale – Bolgatanga highway at Wulugu.

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They shot one person before making away with an estimated amount of GH₵40,000 belonging to travellers and motorists.

The victim who was shot in the attack has been identified as Gideon Osei, a truck driver. He is currently receiving treatment at a hospital in Walewale.

Hajia Lariba Zuwera Abudu, who is a sister of the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, polled 32,294 votes to beat her closest contender Mr Abubakar, the National Democratic Congress parliament candidate who got 30,615 votes.

A parliamentary candidate of the National Democratic Party, Ibrahim Mubarik, also polled 154 votes.

A total of 64,572 votes were cast in the election that was keenly contested with 1,509 rejected ballots.

The deceased, who was on snap check duty at Wulugu Livestock, was run over by the vehicle with registration number AW 1500-13 which was heading from Bolgatanga towards Walewale.

MyNewsGh.com gathered that the driver, after the incident, alighted and ran away leaving the passengers at the scene.

The police officer was rushed to Walewale Municipal Hospital for treatment but was pronounced dead shortly on arrival.

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 The body of the deceased has been deposited at the Tamale Regional Hospital Mortuary for preservation pending autopsy.

The accident vehicle has also been towed from the scene of accident and impounded at the Walewale Police station to assist investigations.

One person was shot last night by men believed to be armed robbers after they attacked a mobile money operator at Walewale.

The victim, known as Salifu Issah, was attacked by the gang numbering about three on Sunday.

The 17-year-old boy is said to be the brother of the mobile money operator whose shop was attacked.

He was shot in the back around his waist area but fortunately he was rushed to the Walewale Government Hospital with a minor wound.

Witnesses said the attack occurred at about 6:pm near the district police headquarters when the three armed men arrived on a motorbike and opened fire before taking away a huge sum of money from the operator.

“We were here when we heard gunshots and everybody started running away. Then they [armed men] took the money,” a witness said.

JoyNews gathered that the place of the attack had always been busy due to high patronage from students of the Walewale Technical and Vocational Institute and travelers on the Tamale – Bolga highway.

The assemblyman for the area, Seidu Jamal, said the security situation in the town was getting out of hand and pleaded for military intervention.

He also mentioned the formation of a vigilante force to counter the menace since, according to him,  the police at Walewale have failed to fight crime and ensure their safety.

The accident occurred last night on the main hospital road in the North East region of Ghana which was overcrowded with traders fighting for gains on the market day.

The driver of the truck with registration number GR 3052-17, which was traveling to Bolga, is believed to have lost control after a brake failure and veered off into the market.

He rammed into the market women as he makes attempt to bring the car to a halt.

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After the brake failed, the driver is said to have plunged the car into a gutter, damaging the car’s entire front part.

One person died instantly while three others were rushed to the Tamale Teaching Hospital, where the other was confirmed dead Wednesday morning.

Lariba Z. Abudu obtained 275 to beat Sagre Bambangi who pulled 96 votes.

Other aspirants namely Zakaria Yidana got 23, Seth Boyoyo, 43, Ishak Ibrahim 24 and Alutia Suzana 161 votes.

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The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Development Authority(NDA), thanked delegates for believing in her and assured that she will work tirelessly to ensure that NPP seat is retained.

She indicated that she would work with the other candidates for victory for the party come December 7 general elections.

His remains was handed over to the Mossi chief in Walewale who led the private burial on Saturday.

The deceased identified as 33-year-old Osman from Putiga, a village in Burkina Faso, was travelling back home from Tema when he was attacked and shot by a group of hooded gunmen at  Kukua village in the West Mamprusi municipality

The conductor [mate] of the deceased has been so traumatised that he was unable to drive the vehicle and a new driver had to come from Burkina Faso to continue with the journey.

Speaking to JoyNews, Issahaka narrated that his late master was shot after he attempted to flee when the robbers stopped them.

“I am very sad and I have been having nightmares since this incident. Anytime I close my eyes, I see my master.”

A special Muslim prayer was organised for the soul of murdered driver by the Mossi community in Walewale together with some family heads and other close relatives of the deceased who arrived from the neighbouring country.

The Mossi chief expressed concern over the increasing spate of robbery attacks in the area.

According to him, plans were underway for an emergency meeting by the traditional authorities to draw government’s attention to the growing menace.

Robbery attacks across the Region have been on the rise since the beginning of this year.

According to the Police, there have more than 10 reported crimes since January leading to about five deaths and several injuries.

Two other persons have also been invited and their statements taken as suspected accomplices in the suspected killing of Gifty Atingawaya.

The Northern regional police crime officer, Superintendent Atuo Acheampong, who confirmed the development to JoyNews, said the husband of the deceased and his two friends were the suspects involved.

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He said the husband, Kombat Joe, was rearrested in Tamale following a report after a bail granted him by the Walewale police who arrested him following a murder allegation by angry family members of the deceased. 

The officer said the suspect has again been released on bail due to lack of evidence to warrant his detention.

The police also said their investigators are yet to have access and study autopsy report upon which the family filed the murder charges against the suspect.

The young teacher was shot and killed last week while traveling back from Nakpanduri with his husband and two of his friends.

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Armed men suspected to be robbers were said to have opened fired on their vehicle killing only the teacher while the other occupants escaped unhurt.

Confusion ensued as the family rejected the accounts of the husband and accused him of killing their relative.

Earlier, while the body was being prepared for burial, some members of the family and students of the late teacher stormed the Walewale police station to demand more action on the ongoing investigation.

They threatened to bury the body at the station yard and demonstrate against the police if the husband of the deceased was not arrested by Monday.

Mourners including friends, students, workmates and sympathisers, gathered in their dozens at the family house at Kukua where the teacher was buried.

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It was a devastating sight of extreme sorrow as women, children all wept uncontrolled as the casket was being whisked away in a pickup van.

At the funeral ground, a senior brother of the deceased said the family has been informed of the arrest but added they want justice served.

A local student movement which has also been demanding justice in the case said it will put pressure on the police to ensure they do thorough investigations and bring the perpetrators to book.

The fire, which reportedly started at about 10:00 am, destroyed drugs, tables and other valuable items in the pharmacy.

Adom News’ Illiasu Abdul Rauf reported that drugs worth thousands of cedis were destroyed by the blaze with many patients running for their lives.

No death has been recorded.

The cause of the fire is not yet known.

Illiasu Abdul Rauf said of the fire service led by the Regional spokesperson for Ghana National Fire Service, ADO1 Opokoo Aikins arrived at the scene to douse the flames.

The uncompleted building form part of the GETfund project which was awarded to CHEN Overseas under the supervision of A&Qs consortium Limited.

The said work commenced in 2016 uner the erstwhile John Mahama administration.

The slabs on the first floor of the administration block have caved in whiles some of its walls are broken.

Meanwhile, the Northern Regional National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) Coordinator, Alhaji Abdalah Hindu in an interview with Adom News’s Shine Acquah said the work will be seized until further notice.

He further lamented that both the contractor and consultant of the project denied some of the students the chance since they needed to learn some technical construction skills as they graduated to become engineers.

Walewale Technical and Vocational Training Institute was established in 2006 by an Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) dubbed Wulugu Trust and was absorbed in 2012 by the former NDC government.

According to reports, the victim, Gafaru Amadu was said to have also slit the throat of another man during a fight in the farm.

West Mamprusi district Police Commander, DSP Obrako Sarpong Aboagye confirmed this to Adom News Monday.

He indicated that, the cause of his action is still unknown but residents who rushed to the scene subjected Gafaru to severe beating for the heinous crime.

DSP Aboagye said, the residents after inflicting cutlass wounds on the suspect tied him to a tree to prevent him from escaping.

He said they have rescued him and the bodies of the deceased has been deposited at the Walewale hospital pending autopsy.

DSP Aboagye said they have begun investigations into the matter for prosecution.

The suspects tried running away when a police patrol team on night shift ordered them to stop.

According to the eyewitness Issifu Mashood, the initial number of the suspects were on three motorbikes from Sankasin a prominent market centre located around the Togo border.

“They refused to stop when the police ordered them to. So with that, they were chased by the patrol team until three of them were nabbed…” he narrated.

Meanwhile, the district police commander, DSP Obrako Sarpong Bempeh, narrating the incident said they looked very suspicious and there was the need to stop them.

He added that, during the night patrol, the suspected armed robbers overtook the police patrol at a top speed which eventually gave them the hint that they were likely to be armed robbers returning from an operation.

DSP Obrako Sarpong Bempeh, said “They are in our custody and in depth investigations will be conducted into the matter. We have to know what was happening that night…” he said.

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source: Ghana/Adom News/Illiasu ABdul Rauf