Three individuals have been shot in Ahamanso Junction in the Oti Region following a clash between the COCOBOD task force and some farmers over the sale of cocoa beans.

The victims sustained gunshot wounds during the altercation, and the circumstances surrounding the shooting remain unclear. The injured individuals were promptly transported to the St Mary Theresa Hospital in Papase.

The Principal Medical Officer at the hospital, Dr. David Amankwa Kodua, reported that two out of the three injured individuals were in serious condition upon arrival and required immediate stabilization.

“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 noted that arrangements were being made to transfer him to the Ho Teaching Hospital, where orthopedic surgeons would provide the necessary medical attention.

However, one of the injured farmers, has been discharged as he showed stable vital signs.

“The other two, one of them was even discharged. He was very, very stable. And the one who is also on the award, 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 added.