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Conflict in Bunkpurugu/Yunyoo area
toll mounts
Bunkpurugu, (N/R), Nov. 25, Ghanadot/GNA - Over 455 houses
were burnt with 10,000 people displaced in thirteen
communities during the recent conflict between Konkombas and
Bimobas in the Bunkpurugu/ Yunyoo district.
The conflict, which was said to have sparked off by a
quarrel over a girl led to torching of several thatched
houses and the destruction of others.
Mr. Duut Azumah Abdul-Majeed, Presiding Member of the
Bunkpurugu/Yunyoo District Assembly disclosed this at an
emergency meeting of the assembly members, chiefs and elders
of the district with Alhaji Mustapha Ali Idris, the Northern
Regional Minister in Bunkpurugu on Friday.
The meeting was to afford the Minister the opportunity to
assess the security situation in the area following the
conflict and to interact with the assembly members and the
chiefs on ways of restoring peace in the district.
Mr. Abdul-Majeed said the effects of the conflict combined
with the food shortages brought about by the floods had
worsened the plight of the people.
He said the conflict had led to many teachers and other
workers leaving the area while school properties had also
been destroyed, making it impossible for pupils to attend
school.
He said that there would be famine if the people were not
given food relief and therefore appealed to the government
to come to the aid of the people.
Alhaji Idris appealed to the assembly members and the chiefs
to educate their people on the need for peace and urged them
to use the modern tools of dialogue to resolve
misunderstandings among them.
He said the area was fast gaining notoriety as a conflict
zone and warned that the security forces would be compelled
to deal ruthlessly with any "trouble makers" who attempted
to disturb the peace.
GNA
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