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Calm has returned to the Yendi township after gunmen attacked two nomadic settlements – Zakoli and Konkon – in the Northern Region, the municipal chief executive (MCE) Ahmed Yussif Abubakar has told Asaase News.

At least eight people are feared dead following Wednesday night’s attack which also left some houses destroyed.

Speaking to Kwaku Nhyira-Addo on The Asaase Breakfast Show on Thursday (14 April), Abubakar said he suspects the attack was triggered by the recent murder of a teacher in the area.

“What I can tell you is that, the regional commander of police, with his deputy, regional crime officer, Yendi divisional commander, we went to the place, we saw that the men of the Fulani people had all run to the bush.

“But the women and kids were kept at the palace, so we left the place at 11:39 pm and returned home, as at now the place is calm and we are now prepared to go back,” he said.

The MCE for Yendi further appealed to residents in the area to volunteer information to the police to help bring the perpetrators to book.