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'Don't take the law into your hands' - DCOP Awuni

By GNA
Social News 'Don't take the law into your hands' - DCOP Awuni
FEB 12, 2016 LISTEN

Kwahu-Dwerebease, Feb 11, GNA - Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Angwubutoge Awuni, Eastern Regional Police Commander, has caution chiefs and other opinion leaders on the Kwahu Ridge not to take the law into their hands to attack Fulani herdsmen.

He urged the chiefs to form neighborhood watch committees and promptly alert the police on any Fulani invasion for swift action to be taken other than any action, which could complicates the situation.

This caution follows a report that Fulani herdsmen had invaded Dwerebease and Abotreansa in the Kwahu area, polluting the source of drinking water with their cattle and when the inhabitants protested, the normads blocked the road from Abetifi to the town and robbed them.

According to DCOP Awuni, who briefed the GNA, after a visit to the towns, people at Abotreansa had erected a barrier on the outskirts of the town to prevent any Fulani from entering the town with cattle, claiming that the normads had devastated their farms by setting fire to their cocoa farms and to allow the grass to sprout so that they can get fodder to feed their animals.

The Eastern Regional Police Commander assured the people that, the police was ready to deal with any group of persons who would threaten the peace and therefore called for information that would help the police to act swiftly and decisively in the event of any Fulani attack.

In recent times, residents of some communities in the area had clash with Fulani herdsmen who have been visiting atrocities on indigenes and also polluting water bodies, rape, murder and destroy farm produce.

The conflict between the Fulani herdsmen and the people of Agogo, appear to transcending to the Kwahu Ridge as the Fulani herdsmen have moved to seek refuge in the area.

GNA

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