Ambariyya followers at the Northern Regional police headquarters in Tamale
Information reaching DAILY GUIDE indicates that factions from Ambariyya and Masjidul Bayan of the Islamic faith clashed in Tamale yesterday.
That was after a follower of the Ambariyya group had allegedly tried to discredit the Masjidul sect and its teachings. Matters came to a head when the leader of the Masjidul Bayan sect, Sheik Ibrahim Baasha, reported an attack on his mosque by supposed Ambariyya followers.
Sheik Bayan, according to a source, also reported attacks on his mosque at the Northern Regional police headquarters.
He had reported that a scholar of the Ambariyya sect attacked him at his mosque while he was preaching.
The scholar was then invited to the regional police headquarters to assist in investigation.
Hundreds of the Ambariyya followers then massed up at the headquarters to prevent the police from detaining the suspected scholar.
The Northern Regional Police PRO, ASP Mohammed Yussif Tanko, who confirmed the incident to DAILY GUIDE, said the case is currently under investigation.
ASP Tanko stated that the police are determined to deal with the matter and assured that the perpetrators of the crime would be made to face the full rigors of the law.
He admonished the two leaders, their followers and other religious leaders to desist from using violence and physical attacks for settling grievances and abide by the laws of the land.
FROM Eric Kombat, Tamale