Chief's car set ablaze by mob

Residents of Badu in the Wenchi District of Brong Ahafo Region are living in panic and fear following a communal violence last Sunday that led to the destruction of the car of the Omanhene of the area.

The car of Nana Boakye Yiadom II was allegedly set ablaze by a mob due to a protracted chieftaincy dispute.

A palace source told newsmen that the mob attacked the Omanhene's car as he drove through the town around 6.30 p.m. that day with stones and other offensive weapons, smashing the windscreens in the process.

The chief, the source said, however, managed to drive to the palace where he parked the car in an open space instead of the garage. Around 9.30 p.m., the car was seen in flames.

Meanwhile, a detachment of armed soldiers dispatched to the town to maintain law and order have arrested five persons suspected to be involved in the incident.

They are David Nkrumah, 44, Kofi Dada, 22, Kwabena Duku, 38, Kwaku Hubert, 28, and Nana Kwabena Porto, 50, chief fetish priest of the Kasampre shrine believed to be the symbol of protection and unity of Baduman.