Bawku Tensions: NEDCo Cuts Power Supply After Damaged Conductor

The Bawku township and its neighbouring communities have been plunged into darkness in the last 24 hours after gunmen destroyed a power utility infrastructure in the town. According to NEDCO, the gunmen fired at one of the towers in the town leading to a conductor damage. NEDCO said it cannot tell for the moment

when the problem will be rectified and power restored, however, it assured residents of the affected areas that its technicians were working around the clock to fix the damage. An unconfirmed number of people were reported killed on Sunday while others sustained various degrees of injuries in a renewed

chieftaincy clash at Bawku. The violence erupted after the alleged killing of an old man and his son at Natinga on Saturday. The old man was shot dead at his home while his son died later on Sunday. This led to sporadic shooting within the Bawku township leading to casualties. Some houses were also burnt.