Two Fulani herdsmen, who allegedly caused their cattle to chase and gore a man killing him on the spot, have been arrested by the Begoro police.
The body of the man, identified as Noah Tetteh, a 57-year-old farmer, has been deposited at the Begoro Government hospital mortuary and the two Fulani herdsmen, Mohamadu Sambo, 35 and Osmanu Bawa, 30, would be put before the Begoro Magistrate Court today. The eastern Regional Police Commander, ACP Kwabena Gyamera-Yemoah told the Times newspaper that on July 15, this year at about 7:30 pm, one Robert Kwesi Owusu, a taxi-driver whose car registration number is GR 151Q was driving some passengers from the Begoro to Obuo, a town in the Fanteakwa District.
He said, Owusu on reaching a spot met bout 150 cattle being shepherded by a number of Fulani herdsmen. Owusu�s taxi hit one cattle but it did not die. ACP Gyamera-Yeboah said the Fulani herdsmen then allegedly made a strange sound and the cattle responded to it and started attacking the passengers on board the taxi.
He said the passengers together with the driver then ran into a nearby bush for safety but they were still chased by the two angry cattle. Unfortunately, one of the men was chased by the two cattle, who gored him to death. ACP Gyamera Yeboah said the Begoro police rushed to the scene to the scene upon a tip off and succeeded in arresting Sambo and Bawa
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