The police has declared the youth chief of Kumbungu in the Northern Region, a wanted man.
The 50-year-old youth chief, referred to in local parlance as Zaachi, is wanted for the killing of the chief of Chanzegu, a village near Kumbungu in the Northern Region.
The deceased, Saha Naa Haruna, 40, was said to have been hit by a stray bullet suspected to have come from an AK 47 rifle, which the Zaachi was holding at this year’s fire festival (Bugum) on Thursday at about 11pm.
The Northern Regional Police Command has commenced investigations into the shooting incident and the youth chief according to the police, is currently on the run.
The youth chief was said to have pulled an AK 47 assault rifle during the festival and fired two shots into the air as part of the celebration. AK 47 rifle is normally used by the police in Ghana.
