{"id":13243,"date":"2025-09-21T10:11:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T10:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=13243"},"modified":"2025-09-21T10:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T10:11:07","slug":"damongo-three-arrested-for-defying-chiefs-ban-on-sale-of-chinchinga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=13243","title":{"rendered":"Damongo: Three arrested for defying chief\u2019s ban on sale of \u2018chinchinga\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"143\" data-end=\"321\">Three persons have been arrested in Damongo for allegedly flouting a directive issued by the Paramount Chief of the Damongo Traditional Area, Damongowura Boresah Kelly Seidu I.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"323\" data-end=\"598\">The chief had earlier banned the sale of khebab, popularly known as\u00a0<em data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"403\">chinchinga<\/em>, and directed that any animal slaughtered outside the abattoir constructed by the West Gonja Municipal Assembly would be considered stolen. The directive remains in force until further notice.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"600\" data-end=\"812\">Confirming the arrests to News reporters on Saturday, September 20, 2025, the Youth Chief of Damongo, Mbonwura Lukman Salifu Soldier, said his outfit received reports that some residents had violated the ban.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"814\" data-end=\"1002\">\u201cUpon hearing the information, Damongowura Boresah Kelly Seidu, I sent a delegation through me to confirm the slaughtering of a cow in an individual\u2019s residence in Damongo,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_ad jeg_ad_article jnews_content_inline_2_ads  \">\n<div class=\"ads-wrapper align-center \">\n<div class=\"ads_shortcode\">\n<div class=\"a-single a-10\">The measures, according to the traditional authority, were introduced to curb rising cases of livestock theft in the area.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"1004\" data-end=\"1267\">Several animal owners have complained of losing their sheep, goats, and cattle, with some incidents linked to a suspected theft syndicate.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1004\" data-end=\"1267\">The suspects remain in custody as investigations continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three persons have been arrested in Damongo for allegedly flouting a directive issued by the Paramount Chief of the Damongo Traditional Area, Damongowura Boresah Kelly Seidu I. The chief had earlier banned the sale of khebab, popularly known as\u00a0chinchinga, and directed that any animal slaughtered outside the abattoir constructed by the West Gonja Municipal Assembly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":13244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[238,41],"tags":[4078,4080,4079],"class_list":["post-13243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-general-news","tag-chinchinga","tag-damango","tag-goat-thief"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13243"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13245,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13243\/revisions\/13245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}