Peace talks held by Mr. Anarfi-Mensah in relation to  Kumasi Tafo disturbances

The  Chairman of the Ashanti Regional Security Council, REGSEC, Peter Anarfi-Mensah, says it has been holding peace dialogues with feuding factions involved in the Kumasi Tafo disturbances.  

According to Mr. Anarfi-Mensah, who is also the outgoing Ashanti Regional Minister, the peace talks are being held with 
the parties  separately with the aim of speeding up the restoration of tranquility and peace to the town. 

The REGSEC Chairman explained to Radio Ghana that the  40 suspects who were arrested attempted to re-launch attacks at Tafo when the Security Council members visited the area. 

Their arrest was therefore on the orders of the REGSEC. 

Mr. Anarfi-Mensah disclosed  that apart from the 40 suspects who are in police custody, the Security Council also has a video recording of last Wednesday's violence at Tafo  in which some of the key actors have been identified and will be arrested soon.  

In a related development, Mr. Anarfi-Mensah  said another batch of a securityTaskforce has been dispatched to Drobonso in the Sekyere Afram Plains district of the Ashanti region to protect the area against the invasion of nomadic herdsmen and their cattle from other areas. 

The first Taskforce has already been sent to the Asante Akyem North district. 

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