Bawku curfew period reviewed

The Upper East Regional Security Committee (REGSEC) has reduced the dusk to dawn curfew imposed on Bawku and surrounding areas to three hours.

The curfew now starts from 2am to 5pm. A statement from the REGSEC said the reduction of the hours followed a “return to normalcy in Bawku”.

With the presence of combined military and police patrol teams, commercial activities have picked up. Civil servants that fled in the heat of the conflict have returned. The Eid ul Fitr was celebrated without any incident.

The Regional House of Chief at an emergency meeting in Bolgatanga on Friday expressed their solidarity and support for Bawku Naba Abugrago Azoka II, who is the President of the House.

About 60 people were killed and 48 other were injured when the Kusasis and Mamprusi clashed at beginning of December.

Source: GhanaWeb

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