Bong County, April 29 -- Police in Bong County Saturday ordered the temporary closure of the Kpatawee Waterfalls in Suakoko due to security concerns, after residents staged a protest against the management of Jalk Enterprise for reportedly violating the terms and conditions enshrined in a Memorandum of Understanding signed with the leadership of Bong County in December 2019.

According to the commander of the Bong County Police Detachment, Fasu Sheriff, the police issued the order to close the waterfalls after intelligence indicated the closure could lessen the chance of violence and destruction of the facility.

"Our intelligence has established that ninety percent of the demonstrators have weapons with them, which is bad. Since residen...