Five persons remanded over Kpatinga violence
A Tamale District Magistrate Court yesterday remanded in prison custody the five persons arrested in connection with the chieftaincy dispute at Kpatinga in the Gushegu municipality in the Northern Region.
The accused are Hashmin Mumanjadi, 32, a health assistant; Alidu Alhassan, 27, and Fatawu Kpanalana, 35, a farmer.
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The rest are Mohamadu Dokurugu, 55, and Iddrisu Azindoi, 37, both farmers.
First appearance
The accused persons, who made their first appearance in court yesterday, were charged for rioting with weapons, conspiracy and causing unlawful damage.
They were also charged for causing harm and possessing arms and ammunition in a prohibited area.
The court was presided over by Mr Amadu Issifu.
Although their pleas were not taken in court yesterday, four of them — Mumanjadi, Alhassan, Kpanalana and Azindoi — were ordered by the court to reappear on February 11, this year, while the oldest among them, Dokurugu, who looked frail during proceedings and could not disclose his age, was told to reappear on February 6.
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Facts of case
Presenting the facts of the case in court yesterday, the prosecutor said the five accused persons were arrested by the police at Kpatinga last Friday.
He said the accused persons were arrested in connection with the violence that broke out between two feuding factions in a chieftaincy dispute at Kpatinga.
The violence, according to the prosecutor, lasted two days, saying that at the time of their arrest, the accused were wielding firearms.
They were charged with the offences and put before the court after preliminary investigation by the police.