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The Upper East Regional Security Council has banned men in the Bawku Municipality from carrying other men on the same motorbike.<\/p>\n
The directive was given after an emergency meeting was held last Thursday to discuss the security situation in Bawku.<\/p>\n
\u201cREGSEC after critically examining the security situation has with immediate effect banned a man riding on a motorbike and picking another man on the same motorbike in the Bawku Municipality and its environs.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis ban does not include a woman riding on a motorbike and picking another woman on the same motorbike. It does not also allow a woman riding on a motorbike and picking a man on the same motorbike,\u201d a statement from the council said.<\/p>\n
The council also agreed that adequate security should be provided to the Total and Goil fuel filling stations in Bawku Township.<\/p>\n
On Monday, December 27, 2021, there was gunfire in parts of the town following attempts to perform final funeral rites for a Chief who died about 41 years ago.<\/p>\n
This resulted in a curfew being placed on the entire township and a ban on smock wearing.<\/p>\n
Thirteen persons were subsequently arrested and\u00a0airlifted to Accra<\/strong>\u00a0following the violence.<\/p>\n The incident resulted in heavy security deployment to communities within the municipality.<\/p>\n