Fulani baby shot dead

Hyewohoden(Eastern Region) 24 Aug '99

A one- year- old Fulani baby boy was allegedly shot dead on her mother's back and three persons were injured following a clash between Fulani herdsmen and some farmers at Dedease near Hyewohoden in the Kwawu south district.

The clash resulted from an alleged destruction of farms by the cattle of Fulani immigrants. The three victims are o admission.

They are Madam Aishetu Fulani, mother of the dead boy, who received gun shot wounds in the back and neck, Mr Kwaku Ayoma, 28-year-old farmer who had gun shots wound on the stomach and Mr Charles Agbenyo who was shot in the thigh.

Mr Ayoma said on his hospital bed that Dadease farmers were informed that the cattle of Fulani immigrant herdsmen were destroying their foodstuff farms at Hyewohoden village, so they mobilised themselves with the intention of going to drive the cattle from their farms.

Mr Ayoma alleged that they started beating gonggong to scare the cattle but an unidentified Fulani herdsman fired a shot gun at them, hitting Mr Agbenyo.

No arrest has been made but one Mr Gariba Fulani is assisting the police in their investigations.

Addressing the people at Dadease and Hyewohoden, the Nkawkaw Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Daniel Owusu-Prempeh, advised them not to take the law into their own hands.