Security agencies in Bawku have deployed drones in a bid to capture weapons and apprehend gunmen involved in ongoing shootings in the area.
This initiative aims to identify individuals involved in firearms-related activities. The drones, which operate at high altitudes, are used to monitor combatants engaged in hostile activities.
Once identified, security forces follow up to apprehend the perpetrators and arrest them.
Some gunmen engaged in intense gunfire, with heavy shooting reported between the Mamprusis and the Kusaasis in Bawku.
However, no casualties have been confirmed from the clash.
The deployment of drones follows the recent killings by unidentified gunmen in the area, which have contributed to a rising death toll. On December 18, two individuals were killed in separate incidents in Bawku.
One of the victims, Moro Aziz, a mentally ill man from Gozesi, wandered towards the Bawku cemetery, where he was killed. The second victim, Kasim, was shot dead in Daduri while attempting to move to another location.
These deaths bring the total number of deaths recorded to 35 in recent months.
Bawku, as we all know, has now become an unpredictable area; hence, you don’t know when these killings will end.
Companies have left Bawku, and most government institutions have closed down due to the lack of sustained peace in the area.
