Three persons have been shot during a clash between the COCOBOD task force and some farmers at Ahamanso Junction in the Oti Region.
The clash reportedly ensued due to a misunderstanding between the farmers and the task force members over the sale of cocoa beans.
Although it is unclear who fired the shots, three of the farmers sustained gunshot injuries.
They were subsequently rushed to the St Mary Theresa Hospital in Papase for treatment.
According to Dr David Amankwa Kodua, the Principal Medical Officer of the hospital, the facility received three patients who were rushed to the emergency as cases of suspected gunshots.
“As of now, they are stable. One of them, who is around 36 years old, received a gunshot wound to the right lower limb, and after investigating further – the bullet there confirmed that indeed it was a gunshot wound,” he said.
He added that the 36-year-old had a fracture of the tibia and that arrangements have been made to refer him to the Ho Teaching Hospital, where orthopaedic surgeons will attend to him.
“The other two, one of them was even discharged. He was very, very stable. And the one on the ward, which we can manage here, has some lacerations, which we are sutured. For him, the X-ray did not show the bullet inside,” Dr Kodua explained.
Meanwhile, COCOBOD has yet to comment officially on the incident.