Calm has returned to Tehey, a farming community in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra Region after some indigenes killed a mourner and burnt the corpse of the late chief, Nene Mensah Zotorvie V.
Pupils of the Tehey District Assembly (D/A) Basic School resumed academic activities after the institution was closed down by the Ghana Education Service (GES) owing to the incident.
Residents, who also fled the town for fear of losing their lives, have also returned to engage in their farming and business activities.
Checks by DAILYGUIDE also revealed that the school’s caterers have also resumed their activities.
Meanwhile, police personnel and the District Assembly’s taskforce are still patrolling the community to protect lives and property.
District Chief Executive (DCE) of the area, Adzoteye Lawer Akrofi, who witnessed the reopening of the school, assured residents, pupils and teachers in the community of their safety, adding that there is no cause for alarm.
He added that the police personnel and district taskforce would provide security for 24 hours.
The DCE, therefore, urged parents to encourage their wards not to miss school.
Last month, a faction from the Zotorvie Family in Ada set ablaze the body of the late chief of Tehey, Nene Zotorvie V in front of his residence when it was being transported to Tehey for burial.
Some men believed to be members of the opposing faction fired live bullets into the mourners which resulted in the death of one Ofori Sabbah and set the vehicle conveying the body of late chief ablaze.
They further used offensive weapons such as clubs, sticks, concrete blocks and metals to attack the mourners.
The Ada Police arrested six suspects in connection with the incident which virtually turned Tehey into a ghost-town. The suspects have been remanded into police custody by a court to appear at a later date.
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