Let’s find root cause of conflict at Ahwia – MP

The Member of Parliament for Kwabre East, Francisca Oteng-Mensah, has described as "sad" and "unfortunate", the bloody clashes that sparked between the Asantes and the Zongo youth at Ahwiaa in the Kwabre East district of the Ashanti region.

The MP wondered why peoples who have stayed in harmony for so many years could engage in such scuffle and therefore charged authorities to find the root cause of the conflict.

"I was disturbed when I heard that there was a young girl who died and during the funeral celebration something of this sort came about, but I really don't think that is the root cause of it, something is behind this whole fight between the two parties. We need to look for the root cause of this whole conflict,” she said, adding that, investigations will be conducted to probe the conflict to find a lasting solution to it.

Ms Oteng-Mensah said this in an interaction with Adehye FM's Elisha Adarkwah when she joined the District Chief Executive for the area to visit the town on Sunday, 4 February 2018.

She commended the joint military and police team for restoring peace and order in the town.

Dozens were injured on Saturday, 3 February 2018, after some Zongo youth and residents of Ahwiaa in were involved in bloody clashes.

The fight occurred in the early hours with the factions attacking each other with machetes, broken bottles and other weapons after the town folks had prevented the Zongo youth from participating in a burial and funeral rites of a deceased lady.

Calm has since returned to the town while the joint military and police personnel are still at the scene to make sure the melee do not spark again.