Bawku Naba Zug-Raan Asigri Abugrago Azoka II is warning his subjects not to export the over-three-decades-old conflict in Bawku to areas that are occupied by other tribes.
He said the killings that affect all ethnic groups in Bawku are instead making an already bad situation worse.
Bawku Naba is asking Kusaug citizens to let cool heads prevail and allow Mamprusis from Nalerigu, Gambaga, and elsewhere to continue to ply their business and patronise all markets in Kusaug freely.
While calling for tight security in the area, he assures Mamprusis in Kusaug to feel free to pass through to the Sankansi market in northern Togo.
“I wish to call on all citizens of Kusaug not to export the conflict in Bawku to other areas. I wish to assure Mamprusis from Nalerigu, Gambaga, and elsewhere to feel free to continue to ply their business and patronise all markets in Kusaug or pass through to Sankansi market in Northern Togo,” Bawku Naba said in a statement issued on Monday, August 22.
He warned his subjects in the Kusaug Traditional Area against lawless activities such as unwanted, senseless and unprovoked attacks on innocent travellers on the highways within this Traditional Area.
He noted that for quite a while, it seemed his advice and warnings had been heeded to, and the area no longer experienced such attacks.
“It is, however, regrettable that a few days ago such attacks reoccurred near the Bawku township on the Bawku-Bolgatanga highway, leading to the loss of three lives which also sparked reprisal attacks within the township,” Bawku Naba emphasised in his statement.
Giving assurance of safety in the area, Bawku Naba is asking the security agencies to position themselves strategically, adequately and visibly to prevent further attacks.
He is calling on the security personnel to identify and bring such miscreants to book to deter would-be offenders.
Bawku Naba Zug-Raan Asigri Abugrago Azoka II has expressed unhappiness over the continuous killings and reprisal attacks in the Bawku Municipality.
He said the situation requires urgent mutual dialogue.
His comments follow the recent killing of three persons who were shot by unknown gunmen at Bawku.
The three, who met their untimely death around the Bawku Senior High School entrance, were returning from Bolgatanga to Bawku in a commercial vehicle.
The incident happened on Tuesday, August 16.
“What we urgently need in Bawku now is a mutual dialogue aimed at educating all the people to understand and accept the status quo and to find lasting solutions to the situation in Bawku which will enable us to live in peace together in a society in which violence is not an option.”
Source: 3news.com|Ghana