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Old Fadama clash not between Konkombas and Dagombas: Spokesman

Abdullah Iddrisu said the clashes which claimed two lives and injured many bothers on criminality, urging the police to arrest those behind the unrest.

According to him, because of the history between the Dagombas and the Konkombas, whenever violence erupts at Old Fadama, the media often misreport it as a clash between the two ethnic groups.

“It has nothing to do with Konkombas and Dagombas. Konkombas and Dangombas are all brothers. “The issue is, it bothers on criminality," Iddrisu told Radio Ghana.

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He continued: “It was just a misunderstanding between some youths. We know we have a history: Konkombas and Dagombas. You know somewhere between 1993/94 we have a history.

“So if the media is taking that to make it look like when some youth groups fight something like that will be resurrected, it is very wrong [SIC].

“I think we should be careful when we are reporting some certain issue because this issue stands a chance of exploding the northern region and Ghana, disturbing the peace of Ghana."

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), David Asante Apeatu, had said relocating residents of Old Fadama will ensure there is peace in the area.

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But Iddrisu pushed hard against the suggestion, saying it will not solve the problem of violence confronting the community.

"Because if you are relocating, it is not about the place, it is about the people in there, the behaviour of the people in there," he said.

“So if you are relocating them, are you going to relocate 16 tribes to 16 difference places? If you are relocating 16 tribes which you believe when they live together there will be confusion and you are going to relocate them to another place and all the 16 will still [be at the new place]?”

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