Muslim youth at Hohoe have set ablaze a vehicle belonging to the paramount chief of the Gbi Traditional Area, Togbega Gabusu.

The entire palace has been vandalised by the rampaging youth who are angry at the exhumation of their Imam.

The whereabouts of the chief is unknown but reports say the situation requires security reinforcement.

Lolonyo FM’s Isaac Kwesi Minta said the police were helpless as they were overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of the angry youth.

Isaac said he personally saw the body of the Imam dumped on the road.

He said the angry youth said they were going to bury the Imam again and promised to burn down the entire Hohoe if the grave was tampered with again.

Tension had been mounting between the Muslim Community and the Gbi Traditional Council of Hohoe over the exhumation of the chief Imam who was buried yesterday.

The Muslims accused the paramount chief of the area, Togbega Gabusu of exhuming their Imam, Alhassan Sanni.

The Zongo chief at Hohoe, Alhaji Tajudin Meriga said the body of the Imam had been dumped on Jasikan road.

He said the suspicion that Togbega Gabusu may have ordered the that the body of the Imam be exhumed was well grounded.

He explained that prior to the burial of the Imam Sunday, he received a letter from the chief saying that some people from the Zongo community had engaged in a riotous behaviour when a member of the community was electrocuted.

Alhaji Meriga said the letter ordered the body of the boy who died from the electrocution should be exhumed.

The letter further stated that thenceforth, the Muslims were prohibited from burying their dead on the soil of Hohoe.

Having received this letter, Alhaji Meriga said he immediately called the chief to plead for clemency but Togbega Gabusu stood his grounds.

“So I went to see my elders who led me to Togbega Gabusu to go and plead but he refused,” the Zono chief stated.

He claimed officials of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) got involved and eventually the Muslims were allowed to bury their Imam.

He said he however woke up to word Monday morning that the body of Imam Alhassan Saani had been exhumed and dumped on the road.

Not only that, he said the body of the electrocuted boy had also been exhumed but it was unclear where that body had been deposited.

Source: OMAN FM