The Upper East Regional Security Council has placed a ban on the use of motorbikes in the Bawku Municipality and its environs.
In a statement, the council said the ban follows an examination of the “security situation and its volatile nature” in Bawku. The statement adds that the ban does not include motor tricycles. An earlier ban had been placed on male pillion riders, with only medical exemptions being given.
The most recent ban follows an incident in which two persons are feared dead, and eight others wounded after a gun attack.
The attack occurred January 23, 2022 at about 4:00 pm in Daduri, a suburb of Bawku.
