Chief pledges to protect Sankore with guns against lawless party boys

The Sankore Traditional Council in the Asunafo South District of the Brong-Ahafo Region has threatened to arm citizens with guns to defend themselves if the government failed to protect them from rampant attacks perpetrated by political activists.

For many years, residents of the Sankore town and its surrounding communities have suffered from attacks perpetrated by sympathisers of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

The Omanhene of the Area, Ogyedom Appiah Kubi, who gave the warning also threatened to boycott future general elections should the government failed to institute measures to curtail the lawlessness and violence between politicians in the area.

He was speaking at his palace last Friday after unidentified young men armed with machetes interrupted a programme organised to commemorate the 2018 International Peace Day celebration at Sankore.

Infuriated by the action of the unidentified youth, Ogyedom Appiah Kubi said after several years of voting in the area, residents of the area have not seen any improvement in their lives and rather accused politicians for fueling violence bringing and about instability in the area.

He said it was their grandfathers who established the Sankore town for them and not politicians, so they will not sit down to allow them to tarnish the image of the town.