Tension is mounting at Zabzugu in the Zabzugu/Tatale District over the return of the Zabzugu chief, Yelzoli-Lana Mohamadu, who fled the town in the wake of the Dagbon chieftaincy crisis last March.

The about 100 year-old chief was brought back to Zabzugu by his children, who want him to die in Zabzugu as a Zabzugu chief. A security source told the GNA in Tamale on Friday that, some residents opposed to the chief were threatening to attack and kill him if he did not leave the town.

The source said though there was tension in the area, security has not been beefed up and anything could happen any moment. The source said the brewing tension had the Andani-Abudu Gates undertones and that if care were not taken the fragile peace prevailing in Dagbon would be undermined. The District Chief Executive of Zabzugu Tatale told the Ghana News Agency that the situation was critical and that there was the need to beef up security personnel in the area.