Five people injured in chieftaincy clash

Anyinasu (Ash), Aug. 26, GNA - Five people were injured and a woman had a miscarriage while a chop bar was set on fire at Anyinasu near Sekyedumase in the Ejura-Sekyedumase district of Ashanti on Monday, following a clash between two chieftaincy factions. Madam Yaa Meah, 28, who had the miscarriage and the five who sustained injuries were on admission at the Mampong Government Hospital.

Briefing the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on the incident, Chief Superintendent Kwaku Ayesu Opare-Addo, Mampong Divisional Police Commander, said Nana Achiaa Oyiakwan II, Queenmother of Anyinasu enstooled a new chief last Thursday, August 21 under the stool name, Nana Pira Yeboafo I.

He said Nana Kwasi Abu II, who was purported to have been destooled but was still holding himself as the chief of Anyinasu, also enstooled a new Queenmother with the stool name Nana Yaa Badu II.

Mr Opare-Addo said on Monday, Nana Abu attempted to outdoor his new Queenmother and was met with a fierce resistance from the old Queenmother's faction, leading to the clash.

He said the police confiscated an unlicensed locally manufactured gun but no arrests had so far been made. Meanwhile, peace had returned to the town. 26 Aug. 03