Police in Cheriponi District have arrested FOUR persons in connection with the renewed violence between the Konkombas and the Chorkosis in the Chereponi District of the North East Region.
The suspects according to the public relation officer of the Northern Regional police command DSP YUSSIF TANKO, were arrested from two separate areas carrying single barrel guns and have been detained to assist in investigations.
There has been renewed clashes between Konkombas and Chokosis in the cheriponi District. One person reportedly shot twice by unidentified attackers the victim Jababu Fuad age 22, is currently receiving treatment at the Cheriponi government hospital.
Diamond News gathered that police and military patrols have been intensified in some communities within the Chereponi District of the North East Region.
The Northern Regional Police P.R.O , DSP Mohammed Yusiif Tanko, who confirmed the incident, said at about 10.30pm on Friday, police in Chereponi received information that one Jababu Fuad, aged 22, was shot by some unidentified persons at Nawieku, a Chokosi community.
He added that the victim was shot twice, one in the right thigh and another in the right arm and was rushed to Chereponi hospital.
An eyewitness who narrates the incident to Diamond News on condition of anonymity said the one who was shot was in the company of his friend outside his home and decided to go into the bush to attend to nature.
He indicated that when he got closer to the bush , some unknown gunmen appeared and shot him and fled afterwards.
Meanwhile, the situation resulted in a gun battled between Konkombas and Chokosis in Chereponi.
It is also report that several communities have been burnt and residents have started fleeing the district.
Source: hht/Diamondfmonline.com/Alhassan Yakubu
