morning moved swiftly to prevent a simmering inter-community conflict
in the Nyagbo Traditional Area, in the Hohoe Municipal area from
escalating.
A source at the Police Command told the Ghana News Agency (GNA)
the police had contained the situation and dispersed the combatants.
He said the disagreement centred on the decision of the chiefs
and people of Emli-Baze to opt out of the Nyagbo Traditional Area.
The source said pursuant to that decision, the Emli-Baze
community, about three years ago, erected a signpost which announced
the birth of the Emli-Baze Traditional area and also sought to suggest
boundary limits of the Nyagbo Traditional Area.
He said the controversy raged on and finally got to the Regional
House of Chiefs for adjudication.
He said the defacing of the sign post last week re-ignited the conflict.
The source said attempts by the Emli-Baze Community to re-do the
sign post raised tension between the sides.
Early Tuesday morning, a group suspected to be from nearby
Nyagbo-Odumase massed around the house of the Regent of Emli-Baze
triggering a confrontation in which Mr Godwin Korsi Tusah, the Regent
and his son Delali Anyomi got injured and on admission at a Kpando
Hospital.
The source said peace had returned to the area and that police
were investigating all breaches of the law during the confrontation.
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