Some youth in the Northern Region, noted for engaging in cyber fraud known in Ghana as "sakawa", have allegedly bribed a prominent chief of the area to rename his town with a foreign name. “They are proposing two names for the area, Galaxy City or La Palmas,” Northern Regional Minister Alhaji Mohammed Muniru Limuna has said. Even though the Minister would not name the chief involved, he said the chief initially rejected the suggestions and drove the "sakawa" boys out of his palace. However, the determined boys, who said the name of the town “was not palatable”, decided to work through the chief’s advisors (elders). Alhaji Mohammed Muniru Limuna said the boys bribed the elders with ₵1,000. They in turn led the boys to the chief, whom they offered a ₵4,000 bounty. Apparently having the backing of the traditional leaders, these boys went to town misbehaving, splashing monies on the streets and daring anyone to come after them. Meanwhile...
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