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| Cosmos Sarpong, Spokes Person |
Residents of
Nkonya led by the youth of the area has carried out their promise to hold a news
conference as an alternative move to a demonstration which was stopped a
fortnight ago by Police and Military in the area.
The Nkonya people
represent a faction in dispute with Alavanyo over a piece of land for the past
90 years. Their press conference which could be likened to mini-demonstration
was attended by over 600 residents who converged at Nkonya Nchumuru for the
petition to be read.
The residents represented
under a group called; Coalition of Orphans, Widows and Victims of
Nkonya-Alavanyo Conflict, in their petition appealed to the President to
institute an investigation into the activities of the Volta Regional Security
Council (REGSEC) in relation to protracted communal conflict and the peace
process.
Reading the
petition, the spokesperson, Cosmos Sarpong claimed that the REGSEC since
September 2013 was thwarting efforts by an NGO; Youth for Peace and Security
Africa, YPS-AFRICA which started a peace building process among the people of
both Nkonya and Alavanyo.
