2 ARRESTED OVER BAWKU SHOOTING (PAGE 3, NOV 12)

Two young men have been arrested in Bawku in connection with a shooting incident at the outskirts of the municipality.
A 26-year-old unemployed man, Rashid Bukari, a Mamprusi, and his accomplice, Justine Hado, a Yanga by tribe and teacher at the Methodist JHS in Bawku, were picked up by soldiers after the two had been given a hot chase to their hideout.
Security personnel seized 34 rounds of AK 47 ammunition from Rashid, who was wearing a military jacket when he was arrested.
The two have been detained at the Bawku Police Station and are being questioned.
In a telephone interview, the Bawku Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Musah Abdulai, said about 8 a.m. yesterday gunshots were heard around Patelme, a suburb of Bawku.
Mr Abdulai, who is also the Chairman of the Municipal Security Committee, said security men were immediately dispatched to the area and, on their arrival, they saw Rashid in a military uniform and running into a house.
He said the soldiers and the policemen gave Rashid a hot chase and caught up with him in the house when he was trying to undress, adding that he was immediately arrested, together with his accomplice Hado.
The MCE denied assertions that the soldiers had manhandled the suspects by stripping them naked, explaining that at the time of Rashid’s arrest, he had removed the military jacket he was wearing and was left with only a pair of trousers which the security personnel held while sending him to the police station.
He said the situation in Bawku was now calm and commended the security personnel for the quick and swift manner in which they responded to the security threat.
“Today is a market day and these people were just trying to put fear in the people by creating a panic situation,” he said.
Mr Abdulai warned that the security agencies were on high alert and would not sit down for some unscrupulous persons to continue to create tension in the municipality.