Conflict in Bawku is political-MP
Abdul Salam Sule, Ghanadot

Accra, March 3, Ghanadot - Contrary to the speculations that the renewed conflict in Bawku in the Upper East Region is tribal, the Member of Parliament in the area, Hon Adamu Dramani has revealed that the conflict is political.

According to Hon Adamu Dramani, the outcome of the conflict clearly depicts that it has political connotations.

Speaking on a radio progarmme this morning, he revealed that as a result of the conflict, his mother's house had been burnt and the house of his campaign manager has also been razed down.

"With this evidence, I don't think the conflict could be termed as a tribal conflict", he said.

Hon Adamu therefore accused his political opponent, that is the National Democratic Congress (NDC), for hiding behind tribe to unleash their political agenda.

Meanwhile the Presidential Spokesperson, Mr Mahama Ayariga, who himself hails from the afforementioned town, has denied the involvement of his party in the conflict.

He said the conflict in Bawku had existed for years and the only remedy to the conflict was to stop playing the blame game.

Mr Ayariga further said, government had deployed security in the area to ensure peace and full invstigation would be conducted to find the causes of the conflict and provide lasting solutions to them.

He has however promised of government fairness in trying to resolve the issue.

In a related development, the President, Prof John Evans Attah Mills has expressed grave concern over the renewed conflict in Bawku which has claimed four lives and other properties destroyed.

In a statement issued in Accra and which was signed by the Presidential Spokesperson, Mr Mahama Ayariga, the President said he had learnt with deep sorrow the resurgence of violent clashes in the Bawku Municipality and its environs and was very troubled by the conseaquent loss of lives and destructions of property.

The President has therefore asked the Vice President, Mr John Dramani Mahama to visit the area immediately to meet with all the sides in the conflict with a view to finding an amicable and lasting settlement to the issues in Bawku.

Ghanadot