The Chief of Kwahu Tafo, Nana Kwasi Opoku Mintah ll, and residents of Kwahu Tafo in the Kwahu East District, have asked all Fulani people on their lands to leave.
This follows an emergency meeting with the community members and leaders of Fulani’s, concerning the death of one citizen of Kwahu Tafo at his farm.
Nana Kwasi Opoku Mintah ll stressed that the Fulani herdsmen in the area are given an order to confine their animals in a ranch or the resolution will be to shoot every cattle on site if the herdsmen do not comply with the evacuation directives or take them away from their lands.
According to the Chief, they are embarking on a total forcible evacuation exercise without leaving any cattle on their lands, therefore, the Fulani herdsmen in the area are to confine their animals in the ranch or take them away from the land.
He used the occasion to assure farmers of his commitment to stabilizing the situation to allow them to return to their farms and added that he would remain resolute in getting rid of the herdsmen in order to ensure that farmers are safe.
Nana Opoku Mintah lI also called on the government, Interior Minister, Member of Parliament of the area, and all the security agencies to come to their aid and get rid of the Fulani people off their lands.
Meanwhile, speaking on behalf of the leadership of Fulanis’, Sariki Mohammed Abubakar, “All Kwahu Zongo Chief” appealed to the Chief of Kwahu Tafo Nana Kwasi Opoku Mintah ll, and their community members to reconsider the evaluation decision and expressed worry over the decisions taken by Nananom and promised to help resolve the issue in a peaceful manner.
By: Kofi Adjei | Metrotvonline.com | Ghana
