One person has been shot dead on a farm, and another is in critical condition at Brewankor community, a farming community in Nkwanta South in the Oti Region.
The deceased, 21-year-old Kwabena Boame was killed while harvesting cassava with three other people. The body has since been deposited at the Nkwanta South Municipal Hospital morgue.
The other person who sustained gunshot wounds is receiving treatment at Nkwanta St. Joseph Catholic Hospital.
Curfew has been imposed in the area after an ethnic conflict claimed over 14 lives. It is unclear whether the murder is related to the conflict in the area.
Meanwhile, the chiefs of Adele, Akyode, and Challa have pledged to allow peace to prevail in the municipality after years of protracted conflict that have claimed lives as destroyed properties.
The Regional Minister, Dr Joshua Makubu, who briefed journalists about the tragedy, cautioned the feuding parties to stop shooting and killing their opponents.
He expressed worry that the recent development of factions fighting in the bush was unfortunate and affecting efforts by the government to end the conflict.
The Nkwanta-South Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Bright Lenwah, noted that five people were either shot or killed on their way to the farm or from the farm, bringing the number of deaths recorded in the conflict to 19 so far.
