Saturday, 04 September 2010 06:10

Over 50 students were reportedly rushed to the Techiman Holy Family Hospital last night after they reportedly collapsed when teargas was fired by the police to halt an outbreak of violence at an inter-schools sports festival Saturday.

The clashes which occurred at the Techiman Secondary School started when students of TESS accused their counterparts from Tuobodom Secondary Technical School of destroying school property after the games.

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Saturday, 04 September 2010 06:10

The Brong Ahafo Regional Crime Officer of the Ghana Police Service has been transferred to the Northern Regional town of Yendi.

But Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kwesi Ofori says the transfer was normal and should not be linked to the raging feud between Oseadeeyo Akumfi Ameyaw IV, Paramount Chief of the Techiman Traditional Area, and the chief of Tuobodom Nana Baffour Asare II, over the latter's allegiance to the Asantehene.

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Saturday, 04 September 2010 06:10

The Brong Ahafo Regional House of Chiefs (BARHC) has decided to send a delegation to the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi next week to negotiate with the Asantehene over the raging Techiman- Tuobodom chieftaincy dispute.

"It's definitely coming on. It's crucial for us as a house because what is going on speaks volumes about a looming threat to the peace and stability of the nation. We need to move fast to save the volatile situation from exploding into something terrible,” the President of the BARHC, Osahene Kwaku Aterkyi II, told the Daily Graphic on telephone Tuesday.

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Saturday, 04 September 2010 06:10

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is calling for the dismissal of Brong Ahafo regional minister and the regional police commander.

He accuses the two of being bias and unprofessional in their conduct culminating in needless clashes within the region.

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