Ewura Kuntala, a traditional warrior of the Buipewura, has been killed by unidentified assailants in a cutlass attack at Iddrisu-Kura near Old Buipe, in the Savannah Region's Central Gonja District.

Police in the district said Kuntala, popularly known in the area as "Commando", suffered multiple cutlass wounds across his head, back, arms and legs during the assault near Lito, a farming community outside Old Buipe.

The Central Gonja District Police Command recovered Kuntala's motorbike from the attack site. Officers took his body for preservation at Buipe District Government Hospital's morgue, in the traditional capital that houses the Buipewura's Palace.

The killing of the palace warrior has left residents across Buipe and surrounding farming settlements in shock and fear as district police investigators work to establish the motive for the attack and track down those responsible.

No arrests had been announced as of Tuesday afternoon, November 10, and the national headquarters of the Ghana Police Service had not issued a separate public statement on the homicide beyond the district command's account.

Kuntala served under Buipewura Abdulai Jinapor II, the Paramount Chief of the Buipe Traditional Area and Vice President of the National House of Chiefs, a retired Assistant Superintendent of Police who ascended the Buipe skin in 2008.

At the Buipe Damba Festival, Buipewura Jinapor II urged traditional leaders, security agencies and residents across Gonjaland to resolve land disputes peacefully and enforce narcotics laws against youth drug abuse to safeguard peace in the region.

Security agencies in the Central Gonja District and wider Savannah Region have mounted several major operations in recent months, including an intelligence-led crackdown on the gang behind a Buipe Cattle Market robbery and reinforcement deployments ordered by the Savannah Regional Security Council.

Source: 3news