Muslim sects clash in Northern Region

One person was shot dead and five others seriously injured following a dispute between members of the Al-Sunna and Tijanniya Muslim sects over choice of site for a mosque at Kpabusu in the West Gonja District. The dead was identified as Alhaji Liman Toma Imoro, 60, from the Tijanniya Sect.

The five injured persons are on admission at the Tamale Regional Hospital being treated for gun shot wounds. They were identified as Ali Mahama, 25, Fuseini Nurdeen, 22, Abdulai Abudu, 16, Seidu Aramani, 18, and Alidu Sheshe, 33.

Superintendent A.K. Darkey, Northern Regional Police Crime Officer, told the ‘Times’ that the immediate cause of the conflict had not been established yet. He, however, said that there had been a protracted conflict between the two sects at Kpabusu following attempts by the Al-Sunna Sect to build a mosque in the community, which has been fiercely resisted by the Tijanniya Sect. Superintendent Darkey said the West Gonja District Security Committee had been making efforts to resolve the conflict.