Thirteen people have been confirmed dead after last Thursday’s clashes in Bimbilla in the Northern region of Ghana.
Ten persons are on admission at the hospital, having sustained injuries following sporadic shootings between two rival factions in the town which is situated in northern Ghana.
The curfew, according to police spokesman in the region Ebenezer Tetteh, has been reviewed to curtail human movement after 4pm.
Eight suspects have so far been arrested in connection with the clashes involving butchers and have been taken to the regional capital Tamale for interrogation. According to Tetteh, the Anti-terror squad of the Ghana Police has been dispatched to the region to keep peace.
The clashes broke out Thursday after some butchers at Bimbillah in the Nanumba North District refused to recognise Yakubu Dasana Andani as the regent of the Nanumba Traditional Area and have subsequently refused to observe a custom which demands that butchers give a portion of their slaughter to the traditional ruler.
The custom according to reports has not been observed for some time now because the area has been involved in a protracted chieftaincy dispute which has led to the murder of the late paramount chief Naa Dasana Abdulai Andani, last year.
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