Security Council visits troubled Sayeegu and Sambiluk communities

The Northern regional Minister Salifu Saeed has appealed to bereaved family of the murdered Sayeegu chief against reprisal attacks promising that government has launched full investigations into the matter and will bring the perpetrators to book.

According to him, the police are not resting on their oars and will ensure that those behind the dastardly act are arrested to face prosecution to serve as a deterrent to other residents in the area who think they can flout laws with impunity and get away with it.

Salifu Saeed who led members of the Regional Security Council to the area on Thursday, expressed his condolences to the bereaved families.

The Northern Regional Police Commander Police commander ACP Patrick Sarpong called for cooperation from the residents that will lead to the perpetrators reiterating the need for them to be calm as the police continue their investigations into the incident.

Chief Woobjung Kamoatan and three of his subjects were murdered in renewed violence between residents of Sayeegu and Sambiluk, both farming communities in the Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo District of the Northern region over what is reported to be a parcel of land.

The death is believed to have sparked some passive tension between the two gates who are allegedly arming themselves for possible fight.

The Paramount Chief of Bunkpurugu, Alhaji Abuba Nasinmong in a telephone interview confirmed said emanated from a longstanding land dispute.

He described the murder of the Sayeegu Chief and his three other family members as highly unfortunate.

The Bunkpurugu Chief said that he had personally intervened earlier to settle the matter between the Sayeegu and Sambiluk communities at his palace prior to the incident and did not understand why the other faction could cruelly ambush and kill the Sayeegu Chief and his people on the farm.

He is however appealing to both factions to remain calm as police indicate they have launched investigations into the incident.