[ 2011-04-21 ]

Dr Benjamin Kunbuor, Minister of the Interior

Government renews curfew on Gushegu and Bawku
The Minister of the Interior has on the advice of
the Northern and Upper East Regional Security
Councils respectively, and by Executive
Instrument, renewed the curfews imposed on the
Gushegu Township and Bawku Municipality and their
immediate environs with effect from Monday, April
18, 2011.

The curfew hours for the Gushegu Township are
12:00 midnight to 4:00 am and those for the Bawku
Municipality are 11:00 pm to 4:00 am each day,
according to a statement signed by Dr Benjamin
Kunbuor, Minister of the Interior.

The statement said Government was very much
encouraged by the return of relative peace to both
the Gushegu Township and Bawku Municipality and
their immediate environs and appealed to all
stakeholders to continue to ensure that lasting
and sustainable peace returned to their respective
communities.

Meanwhile, Government reiterated that there was a
ban on all persons in the Gushegu Township and
Bawku Municipality and their immediate environs
from carrying arms, ammunition or any offensive
weapons, and that any person found with any arms
or ammunition would be arrested and prosecuted.

Source - GNA

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