Famey Zakari Naoma Watara (middle) hugging Ubor Abraham Bio. With them are other chiefs and the James Town District Police Commander
The Greater Accra Regional Chiefs of Chokosi and Konkomba have condemned the clashes that ensued between the people of Chokosis and Konkombas in the North East Region, leading to the death of two people.
Addressing a joint press conference at the Konkomba Market in Accra, the Chokosi Chief, Famey Zakari Nasoma Watara, described the clash as baseless and a misunderstanding between two individuals over a piece of land.
He said the two individuals could have spared them the long-standing good relationship and neighbourliness existing between the Chokosis and Konkombas, not only in Chereponi and Saboba homelands, but also across the entire length and breadth of the country if they had reported the matter to the police instead.
Adding his voice, Ubor Abraham Bio, Chief of Konkomba, said the clash purported to have resulted from a dispute over land within the Chereponi District had claimed precious lives from both sides, including the destruction of property running into millions of cedis.
He said the clash had forced affected persons to flee the areas to neighbouring Togo and some parts of the Northern Region.
Continuing, he said the Chokosis and Konkombas had been neighbours for centuries and had even intermarried, for which reason they shouldn’t fight and kill each other over a piece of land.
Ubor Abraham Bio called on President Akufo-Addo and his government to take a close watch on the security situation in the area and ensure normalcy returns to the areas.
Present at the press conference were the Dagomba Chief, Malam Issah Abass; Wala Chief, Malam Mamada Amidu; Nawuri Chief, Malam Seidu Masilana; Gonja Chief, Malam Kadri Alemini; Basari Chief, Awudu Nyande; Kotokoli Chief, Alhaji Mumuni Salifu; Ewe Chief, Stephen Araa Sabah, among other chiefs.
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By Linda Tenyah-Ayettey