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The Municipal Chief Executive for Wa in the Upper West Region, Tahiru Issahaku Moomin, has expressed shock over the gruesome murders in the area.
He said the recent killings in the region is a worrying situation.
This follows a growing sense of fear and panic at Dobile, a suburb of Wa in the Upper West after the murder of a middle-aged expectant driver in the area.
The deceased, Opoku Richard was found dead with his throat cut at the back of a trailer loaded with thousands of tonnes of salt that he accompanied to Wa.
The recent murder brings the number of persons killed in the municipality to 17 in the last three years.
In an interview on Joy FM’s Newsnight on Thursday, July 18, he said to help address the issue, a watch committee has been established.
“The Regional Security Council we have engaged ourselves and we have revised the security strategy within the municipality to include the volunteers in the various municipal areas and the watch committee established,” he said.
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According to him, the watch committee which is accredited by the police will be patrolling the various electoral areas day and night.
He added that there is also a joint police and military patrol on the ground.
He reiterated that the murders in the region are a coordinated crime explaining that the perpetrators do not operate consistently, as the discoveries of the deceased bodies vary.
“This is a coordinated crime and the perpetrators have their way of operation,” he said.
According to Mr Moomin, while previous murders involved missing body parts, the recent killings have left the bodies intact, apart from the victims being slaughtered.
The MCE noted that the variation in the killings creates confusion regarding the motive behind them, as it often provides leads.
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“Since the situations are not the same, it means that there has to be a lot of arrangement – looking at where to go and how to go about it,” he added.
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