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Chiefs and Elders in Bawku urged to
make peace
Bawku (UER), Jan. 3, Ghanadot/GNA- Brigadier General Joseph
Adinkra, Commander of the Northern Command of the Ghana
Armed Forces, on Thursday appealed to the Chiefs and Elders
of the Bawku Municipality to talk to their people to lay
down their arms and stop the fighting.
Speaking to the Chiefs at their separate Palaces, he told
them that they were the best people who could help the
Security Personnel restore peace in the Bawku area, as they
were the right people who could convince their people to see
the damage and retrogression that the conflict was causing.
Brigadier General Adinkra was on a visit to the Bawku
Municipality to assess the extent of damage caused by the
violence and whether there was the need for reinforcement of
Security Personnel to the area.
"History has shown that conflict always hinders development.
We must learn from the past and avoid conflict", he said.
The Chiefs, Naaba Abugrago Asigri Azoka the Second, Bawku
Chief and Alhaji Ibrahim Adam Zangbeo, Regent of the
Mamprusi, said they would appeal to their people to stop
fighting and asked that Government do a thorough
investigation to find the root cause of the recurrent
conflict in the area.
They explained that it was only through an unbiased analysis
of the root cause of the conflict that could bring a lasting
solution.
Brigadier Gen. Adinkra visited various sections of the
Municipality that were most affected. These include, the
lorry park, Saabon Gerie, Pussom and the Animal Market where
many houses were burnt.
Some houses were singled out and burnt since one could see a
house or two burnt while the next house remained untouched.
The usual busy market in Bawku was today quiet and people
sold and bought only basic necessities.
GNA
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