General News of Friday, 11 December 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comTamale NDC supporters engaged police in a gun battle - Northern Regional Crime OfficerNorthern Regional Crime Officer, Superintendent Bernard Baba AnangaCorrespondence from Northern RegionThe Northern Regional Crime Officer Supt, Bernard Baba Ananga has disclosed to GhanaWeb that, some people believed to be sympathizers of the NDC who were found burning tires on the streets of Tamale last night, engaged the police in a gun battle when the police went to clear them off from the streets. Bernard narrated that, the incident happened after the former president John Dramani Mahama finished addressing the media around 9:40, some people took to the streets of Tamale and started burning tires at intersections. Supt Bernard noticed that, the guns that were been used by the protesters sounded like that of machine guns, AK47, pistols and snippers. He proceeded that, “when we tried to clear the burning tires off on the streets some hidden snippers fired at us again, which we also fired back." Bernard noted that, as the military increased their numbers, they were able to manage the whole township from Tamale to Savelugu.

Source: GhanaWeb December 11, 2020 17:06 UTC