Adaklu: Irate youth from Adaklu Waya and adjoining communities have destroyed the animal market at Adaklu, citing their disapproval of the alleged murder of one Wonder Deku, alias Bullet, an Okada rider from the area.
According to Ghana News Agency, Mr. Eugene Akpatsah, Assemblyman for Adaklu Waya, disclosed this information on the sidelines of a meeting held by Adaklu chiefs, warlords, youth leaders, and landowners. The meeting was convened by Togbe Gbogbi Atsa V, Paramount Chief and President of the Adaklu Traditional Council at Adaklu Abuadi, to find a lasting solution to the destruction of lives and food crops by suspected herdsmen in the area.
Mr. Akpatsah stated that Bullet, who was also a popular footballer, was allegedly hired by a herdsman of Fulani extraction on Thursday, June 12, to take him from Adaklu Waya to Atanve in the Akatsi North district. Later, Bullet’s lifeless body was discovered at Atanve with multiple knife wounds.
The Assemblyman reported that on Thursday, June 19, while observing the one-week anniversary of Bullet’s murder, the youth took the law into their own hands and destroyed stores and stalls in the market. Animals such as cattle, sheep, and goats brought to the market by the Fulanis were not spared.
Mr. Akpatsah noted that the youth vented their anger on everything they saw in the market. The market, established in 2016, was the only functional market in the district and generated significant revenue for the Assembly but was destroyed by the incensed youth.
He emphasized that the market was a source of livelihood for people in the area and beyond, not only for the Fulanis. Mr. Akpatsah appealed for a truce between the youth and the Fulanis to help end the destruction of lives and property.
The Assemblyman called on law enforcement agencies to help bring the perpetrators of the crime to justice. Also present at the meeting were Mr. Jerry Yao Ameko, Adaklu District Chief Executive, and Madam Esther Buakumah, Assistant Superintendent of Police in charge of Adaklu District.