THREE persons were arrested in Gushiegu yesterday in connection with the disturbances that occurred in the area in the run-up to the 2008 general election.
The three — Haruna Abdul-Rahaman, Abdulai Yakubu and Abdulai Sulemana — were picked up during a dawn swoop conducted by the Yendi Divisional Police.
Three persons, including an elderly chief, died in the violence, while several people sustained various degrees of injury, with massive destruction of properties and vehicles belonging to the Gushiegu Constituency Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Alhaji Jemoni.
The violence at Gushiegu in the run-up to the 2008 elections was a spill-over from an earlier clash between supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the NDC at Kpatinga, near Gushiegu, on August 31, 2008.
The Public Relations Officer of the Northern Regional Police Command, Chief Inspector Ebenezer Tetteh, who briefed the Daily Graphic, said the suspects would be sent from Gushiegu to Accra to assist in police investigations.
According to him, the condition of the suspects was normal, but noted that “they feigned sickness occasionally”.
He indicated that the case was under investigation by the Homicide Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) at the headquarters in Accra.
On the situation in Gushiegu, the PRO said, “Everything is calm and there is no cause for alarm. We are, nonetheless, monitoring the situation to respond to any eventuality, appropriately.”
When the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Gushiegu, Mr Alhassan Fuseini, was contacted, he said the District Security Council (DISEC) was in a meeting on the matter.
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