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The Chief of Kpatinga Fuseni Ziblim has appealed to residents of the area who fled the town following the disturbance to return home.
According to the chief calm has been restored following the intervention of the security. The Kpatinga community has become a ghost town after two days of clashes between supporters of the chief and the regent.
Speaking through a spokesperson Basharu Dabali the chief appealed to teachers and health personnel who have fled the town to return.
He said foodstuffs are locked up on farms urging them to come and harvest before thieves take advantage.
Escorted by armed police men from Yendi, I, together with some other colleagues finally arrived in the troubled Town amidst uncertainty of what could possibly happen to us.
The once busy and buzzing town, the second largest settlement under the Gushegu Municipality has been deserted and what is left of it can best be described as a Ghost Town.
Friday night and Saturday morning’s conflict which claimed the life of one, with several dozens injured has forced women, children and the aged out of the community.
The only health facility there has been closed down, schools have closed and the very busy market square was taken over by armed military and police officers when I arrived in Kpatinga.
With no vehicle coming in or moving out, the remaining residents-mostly young men have ran out of food stock- for most, not even bread to prepare a one square meal.
The Paramount Chief of the area, Kpating-lan Ziblim is calling for support for victims of the arson attacks. He has also been urging all residents who have fled the area to return.
He also appealed to nurses and teachers to return to the area to help in bringing back the town to normalcy.
With the area still tensed and with fear of reprisal attacks, only the imposition of a dusk to dawn curfew will convince most of the residents who have fled to return.
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