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A six-to-six curfew has been imposed in the Hohoe District of the Volta Region following violence between Moslem youth and indigenes.
This was confirmed by the Regional Minister Henry Ford Kamel in an interview with Joy News.
He said the Regional Security Council had to take that action because the “intelligence information gathered was not positive.”
Two people have been confirmed dead in clashes triggered by the exhumation of the body of an Imam in Hohoe.
Moslem youth attacked the Palace of Togbega Gabusu of Gbi Traditional Area who they claim ordered the exhumation of the body.
Spokesperson of the Muslim in Hohoe Alhaji Ridwan Marega claim the body of their revered Imam was exhumed and dumped by the road side, an action he described as a "big crime" "which no human being will accept".
He said Moslem Leaders could not control the youth who were angered by the 'big crime' against them.
They burnt a vehicle said to belong to the chief. Loyalists to Togbega Gabuso in a reprisal attack burnt shops owned by the Moslems in the area.
Tension was at fever pitch with both sides on rampage. It took the combined personnel from the police to military units to restore uneasy calm in the area.
Henry Ford Kamel said the curfew will allow for the security to take full control of the area and to halt all activities by the factions.
He warned the security will deal ruthlessly with anyone who violated the curfew and urged for more dialogue between the two groups.
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