Two arrested in Bawku over shooting incident( D/G, Tuesday, January 15, 2013, Page 3)

Story: Benjamin Xornam Glover, Bawku Some residents of Bawku in the Upper East Region are worried about recent incidents of intermittent shooting incidents, sometimes overnight and appealed to the security agencies to live up to their responsibilities and arrest persons behind the act. Some residents of Bawku who spoke to the Daily Graphic said the intermittent shooting incidents occasional experienced in parts of the municipality poses a threat to the fragile security of the area. “I think it will possibly add to the stigma and poor reputation that has come to be associated with Bawku in the past” asserted one resident. The appeal follows a shooting incident around Kariama in Bawku in which one person was injured. The incident is reported to have occurred at 8:30 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013. The victim at at press time was recuperating at the Bawku Presbyterian Hospital. It was unclear what might have triggered the incident as police said investigations were ongoing. Bawku has in the recent past witnessed clashes that has brought socio-economic life to a virtual standstill. Following several interventions put in place by central government and other stakeholders, the municipality is gradually recovering from these years of protracted ethnic violence. Some residents who spoke to the Daily Graphic after the latest shooting incident said such incidents, though very minute and remote if not subdued as early as possible, could result in something undesirable. “We have had enough, this is time for peace. Our greatest fear is that if activities of the few miscreants are not check. Bawku will go back to its old state, which we are all against,” said Rashid Musah, a resident of the area. Sumaila Alhassan, another resident said having witnessed successful violent free elections, it was the hope of the people that Bawku had put the past behind it and ready to embrace a more peaceful environment and therefore called on all who are bent on ruining the peace efforts to put a stop to it. Meanwhile the police in Bawku are also calling on the people to volunteer information on activities of criminals among their midst to help the security agencies apprehend the bad nuts in the society. -End- wrier's email:benjamin.glover@graphic.com.gh