Naa Mahama Abdulai Sheriga, Mamprugu Overlord
The overlord of the Mamprugu Traditional Council, Naa Mahama Abdulai Sheriga, says only a civil approach to the Bawku chieftaincy skin conflict will help avert further needless loss of lives and destruction of property.
He is convinced that matters about chieftaincy, including the Bawku dispute, should be allowed to be settled through time-tested institutions in the country, including the Supreme Court.
In a letter addressed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, he said he remains committed to finding lasting peace in Bawku.
The Mamprugu overlord referred to a meeting with the President at the Jubilee House, and a subsequent one with members of the Traditional Council, relative to the ongoing violent dispute.
“Your Excellency, following my meeting with you at the Jubilee House and a subsequent meeting held with members of the Mamprugu Traditional Council at Nalerigu on the 31st of January 2022, we the Mamprusis have resolved to commit to every option available to finding a lasting to solution to the decades-long Bawku Chieftaincy matter,” he wrote.
He added that, as a peace-loving king, it is his strong conviction that matters pertaining to chieftaincy should be settled through time tested institutions, saying “since my meeting with you at Jubilee House where you told me about a Supreme Court ruling that brought finality to the Bawku chieftaincy matter, I have been reliably informed by my lawyers that, with the greatest of respect, there was no ruling to that effect”.
The Nayiri is therefore of the hope that allowing the Bawku chieftaincy dispute to be settled by time tested institutions “will mark the beginning of the return of peace to the restive Bawku town and its environs”.
He also assured the President of his commitment to reaching out to the other factions in the conflict to lay down their weapons and embrace peace.
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