2 shot dead in Atwima-Foase over siting of new district capital
Four persons have been killed in Atwima-Foase in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region following a misunderstanding over the siting of a new district capital. The two were allegedly shot to death by personnel from the Buffalo Unit of the Ghana Police Service who were dispatched to the town to help maintain calm after confusion erupted over the movement of equipment belonging to the District Assembly from Atwima-Foase to Trede. One of the workers at the District Assembly, who pleaded anonymity told Adom News’ Obiri Yeboah Fentemfrem that the confusion started after the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Atwima-Kwanwoma, went to the palace of the Atwima-Foase chief to inform him that they were getting set to move out of the town. “Less than 10 minutes later, we saw the people moving to the District Assembly in drones, they instructed the workers to stop working. All the staff here were terrified, so we run into offices and locked ourselves up…,” he said. According to ...